Swiss retail sales
Market Jitters as January 20th Nears
January 9, 2017
European share prices have so far today lost 1.6% in Italy, 0.8% in Greece, 0.6% in Spain, 0.5% in Germany, and 0.3% in Switzerland. Japanese markets were shut for Coming of Age Day. Stocks elsewhere in the Pacific Rim rose 0.9% in Australia and 0.5% in China and New Zealand but fell 0.6% in Indonesia. […] More
A New Dynamic Emerges: Sterling Weakness is Good for the Ftse and British Economy
October 3, 2016
The view that Brexit is an unqualified bad thing is dead. The June referendum has depressed sterling, but the economy has performed better. An initial drop in consumer sentiment has reversed. Second-quarter GDP growth of 0.7% turned out better than anticipated and stronger than the first-quarter result. Among a slew of manufacturing PMI survey results […] More
