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- Thursday, 14 December 2017
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ECB left interest rates unchanged
ECB left it monetary policy and its forward guidance unchanged from its last meeting. Then it announced that its asset purchases would be halved starting in January to 30 bln euros a month through September 2018. The ECB reiterated that…- Thursday, 14 December 2017
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US Retail Sales up by 0.8%
U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November as the holiday shopping season got off to a brisk start, pointing to sustained strength in the economy that could pave the way for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes next…- Thursday, 14 December 2017
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Bank of England: disorderly Brexit risk reduced by EU talks progress
Last week’s breakthrough in Brexit talks has reduced the risk of a disorderly British departure from the European Union and may boost economic confidence, the Bank of England said on Thursday after it left interest rates unchanged. BoE policymakers voted…- Thursday, 14 December 2017
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Australian employment increased by 61,600 persons
Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 61,600 persons from October to November 2017 (following a combined increase of 28,600 over the preceding 2 months). The underlying composition of the net change was an increase of 41,900 persons in full-time employment and…- Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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Fed hiked interest rates to 1.5%
The Federal Reserve had been expected to raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee raised its GDP estimate from 2.1 percent in…- Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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US CPI at 0.4%
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 2.2 percent. The…- Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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Eurozone Industrial Production increased by 0.2%
In October 2017 compared with September 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 0.2% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2017,…- Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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UK Unemployment Rate remains unchaged
There were 32.08 million people in work, 56,000 fewer than for May to July 2017 but 325,000 more than for a year earlier. The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was…- Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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Westpac Consumer Sentiment survey showed rise to 103.3
The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 3.6% to 103.3 in December from 99.7 in November. This is a surprisingly strong result and confirms the lift we have seen in the Index over the last three months. The…- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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US PPI up by 0.4%
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.4 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices also moved up 0.4 percent in both October and September. On an unadjusted basis, the final…- Popular
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UK still likely to leave the EU with a negotiated agreement, says Number 10
A successful deal with the European Union remains the “most…
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Sentix Investors Confidence rose to 14.7 in August
The summer heat in Europe is also causing economic temperatures…
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German factory orders -4.0% seasonally adjusted on the previous month
Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports…
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China's July exports growth still seen holding up despite U.S. tariffs: Reuters poll
China's exports are expected to have maintained solid growth in…