News Archive
Overview of the week commencing 6 March
Blog | | by Graham Cross
This week’s news is all about China with reports on both the manufacturing and services PMI.
Overview of the week commencing 27 February
Blog | | by Graham Cross
Last week's composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for the eurozone was packed full of good-ish news.
Overview of the week commencing 20 February
Blog | | by Graham Cross
Last week saw inflation fall a little short of expectations. However, we are noticing a wider and wider range of forecasts for inflation over the course of the next year or so.
Overview of the week commencing 13 February
Blog | | by Graham Cross
Last week, the Reserve Bank of Australia left the Cash Rate unchanged at 1.5 percent and, at the same time, painted a relatively benign outlook for 2017. Meanwhile, an update on the UK's trade position presents us with some improvement but leaves us still with a whacking deficit.
Overview of the week commencing 06 February
Blog | | by Graham Cross
Last week’s figures noted the US economy adding many more jobs than was expected during January. Meanwhile Chinese manufacturing output wasn’t quite as buoyant as was expected.
Helm Godfrey appoints senior business development manager
Press Releases | | by Helm Godfrey
Mark Miller joins Helm Godfrey to focus on business development.
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Overview of the week commencing 23 January
Blog | | by Graham Cross
The week commencing 16 January brought higher-than-expected inflation in the UK and precisely-as-expected growth from China.
Overview of the week commencing 16 January
Blog | | by Graham Cross
Last week brought news of a wider British trade deficit and a marginal decrease in the University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment.
Solid Manufacturing out of China and US non-farm wages are rising
Blog | | by Graham Cross
The first full week of the new year brought good news in the form of solid manufacturing numbers out of China. Over in the US, non-farms payroll data disappointed a little but wages are rising at a healthy pace.
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Overview of the week commencing 12 December
Blog | | by Graham Cross
The week beginning 5 December brought a much narrower UK trade deficit and an extended schedule for the ECB’s asset purchase programme. Both have a good-news, bad-news feel to them.