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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. German unemployment rate surprisingly rose in May In Germany, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate advanced unexpectedly to 5.00% in May, compared to a level of 4.90% in the previous month. Markets were expecting unemployment rate to remain unchanged. US Richmond Fed manufacturing […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK BBA mortgage approvals surprisingly rose in April In the UK, BBA mortgage approvals registered an unexpected rise to a level of 42.99 K in April, compared to market expectations of a fall to a reading of 39.52 K. BBA mortgage approvals […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Japanese leading economic index dropped in March in Japan, the final leading economic index eased to a level of 95.90 in March, compared to a level of 97.10 in the prior month. Japanese coincident index slid in March in Japan, the final […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. ECB minutes: Confidence in growth recovery fades Minutes of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) April monetary policy meeting showed that central bank remained concerned about the Eurozone’s inflation staying too low and weaker than expected economic growth in the region. Further, the […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK public sector net borrowing reported a deficit in April In the UK, the public sector net borrowing has posted a deficit of £5.00 billion in April, following a revised surplus of £1.00 billion in the previous month. Market anticipation was for […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. OECD trimmed its global growth outlook for 2019 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projected a slowdown in the global growth for 2019 to 3.2% from earlier projection of 3.3%, amid mounting global trade tensions. Meanwhile, the OECD raised its […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. RBA minutes: the central bank is likely to cut interest rates in June Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) May meeting indicated that the central bank is likely to cut its key interest rates, if labour market fails to show […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone CPI rose as expected in April In the Euro-zone, the final consumer price index (CPI) recorded a rise of 1.70% on a YoY basis in April, in line with market expectations. The CPI had registered a rise of 1.40% in the […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone trade surplus fell in March The seasonally adjusted trade surplus in the Euro-zone dropped to €17.90 billion in March, from a trade surplus of €19.50 billion in the prior month. Market expectation was for the region’s trade surplus to narrow to […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone GDP advanced as expected in 1Q 2019 In the Euro-zone, the seasonally adjusted flash gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a rise of 0.40% on a quarterly basis in 1Q 2019, compared to a rise of 0.2% in the prior quarter. Markets […]