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MacroChief @MacroChief

City of London fund manager, former Bank of England economist & macro hedge fund chief economist London Joined October 2012
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8 years ago

#UK #March trade deficit sharply higher as car imports surged to beat 1 April tax changes. Weak April car sales mean deficit will drop back.

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8 years ago

#UK #March industrial production numbers confirm end Q1 soft patch with #manufacturing down 0.6%. Surveys indicate Q2 should be stronger.

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8 years ago

Someone should tell Jeremy Corbin that the eighties revival has gone far enough.

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8 years ago

So it turns out that March's fall in #UK retail sales down to Easter timing as April rebounds strongly. More evidence of Q2 growth recovery.

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8 years ago

Balance in an economy is important, and on that basis the recent news from the Halifax of slightly lower #UK house prices is to be welcomed.

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8 years ago

211,000 new #US #jobs in April & unemployment rate down to 4.4%, paving way for #Fed to raise rates again.

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8 years ago

A robust 55.8 in April for #UK services PMI (up from 55.0) shows economy continuing to speed into the #Brexit unknown in pretty good shape.

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8 years ago

#UK must brace itself for no #Brexit deal as #EU unlikely to accept that the process is a negotiation & not just a dictation of terms.

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8 years ago

Further signs that the slight slowdown in Q1 was a blip as April construction PMI rises to 53.1 from 52.2. House building picking up again

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8 years ago

Signs that Q1 dip in #UK GDP to 0.3% more likely to be blip than new trend as both CBI retail trends survey & manu PMI spike higher in April

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8 years ago

Good start to Q1 for #UK #manufacturing as PMI increases to 3 year high 57.3, showing strength in output, orders & exports.

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8 years ago

General election set to redraw #UK political map with Tory party potentially top in Wales as Labour falters & making inroads into Scotland

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8 years ago

#UK Q1 GDP growth slowed to 0.3% as consumers took a breather on spending on hotels, restaurants & other services. Manufacturing robust.

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8 years ago

Election victory now will give the Tories more time to recover before the next one if/when #Brexit negotiations go badly over next 2 years

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8 years ago

Theresa May set to win #Brexit negotiation mandate in upcoming UK election. Nicola Sturgeon too.

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9 years ago

#Trump backtracks on labeling #China a #currency manipulator as he talks down the value of the US dollar... #USD

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9 years ago

Both British Chamber of Commerce & Federation of Small Businesses surveys showing #UK current business conditions good, but future uncertain

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9 years ago

#UK inflation in March steady at 2.3% as sterling & fuel prices stabilise.

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9 years ago

Feb's 0.7% fall in #UK industrial production largely due to warmer weather cutting heating bills, which says little about state of economy

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9 years ago

#UK March services #PMI buoyant at 55.0, easing fears of an economic slowdown for the time being.

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