No-deal Brexit: The potential winners and losers October 15, 2019 As you read this, Brexit negotiators are working around the clock to come to an agreement that will enable the UK to leave the EU in an orderly way by the Halloween deadline. Both sides have said they are committed to working out a deal, but with time so short, nothing is certain. If they [...]
Global markets underwhelmed by US-China trade truce October 14, 2019 Global markets remained flat today as initial optimism about a US-China trade deal faded amid concerns about how quickly an agreement could be sealed. Read more: European stock markets fall on China data and Brexit US President Donald Trump last week said he had secured a limited trade deal with China, which will see the [...]
Eurozone industrial output bounces back but outlook remains gloomy October 14, 2019 Eurozone industrial production grew in August thanks to increased investment in machinery, but analysts warned that the general outlook remained gloomy. Industrial output ticked up 0.4 per cent on the previous month, ahead of market consensus of 0.3 per cent, according to figures from Eurostat. Read more: Gloom thickens over Eurozone economy as Germany factory [...]
Trio wins economics Nobel Prize for work on poverty October 14, 2019 Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have taken home the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their experimental work on the fight to alleviate global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today. Read more: Nobel Prize for literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Duflo, who is from France, became the [...]
Softbank seeks control of Wework via financing package October 14, 2019 Softbank is reportedly preparing a financing package for Wework that would give it control over the cash-strapped shared office space company. The package would significantly increase the stake of Softbank, which already owns around a third of Wework, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. This would further dilute the influence of Wework co-founder [...]
Are big tobacco’s dreams going up in smoke? October 14, 2019 | City Talk Vaping was meant to be the saviour of both Big Tobacco firms and those that are addicted to its products, providing a safer alternative for smokers and some much-needed growth for an industry in decline. But, following 12 deaths and over 800 cases of damaged lungs being linked to e-cigarettes in the US, the future [...]
European stock markets fall on China data and Brexit October 14, 2019 European stock markets opened lower on Monday after data showed Chinese imports and exports falling and new doubts emerged over a Brexit deal. Germany’s Dax index led Europe downwards, falling 0.6 per cent by 9.30am UK time, while the pan-European Euronext 100 had fallen 0.7 per cent. Britain’s FTSE 100 was 0.4 per cent lower, [...]
Oil prices fall amid uncertainty over US China trade deal October 14, 2019 Oil prices fell this morning amid uncertainty over the first phase of a trade deal between the US and China. Markets were lifted two per cent by optimism over a thaw in the frosty relations by the end of last week, but Brent Crude was down 1.11 per cent this morning, valued at $59.84 per [...]
Sterling slides as hopes of a Brexit deal falter October 14, 2019 Sterling has dropped half a per cent against the dollar this morning as traders limited their expectations of a Brexit deal. The pound surged at the end of last week when Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he saw a “pathway” to a “possible” agreement and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier gave the green light [...]
Remember, remember, 6 November: Sajid Javid sets date for Budget 2019 October 14, 2019 Chancellor Sajid Javid has revealed the 2019 Budget will take place on Wednesday, 6 November and could contain a raft of emergency measures to help the economy in the event of no deal. If the UK does leave the European Union on the scheduled 31 October departure date, it will be the first post-Brexit budget, [...]