• US current account deficit narrows to 2.0% of GDP in Q2

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - America's current account deficit with the rest of the world narrowed more quickly than expected during the second quarter.

• US housing starts jump in August, but permits decline

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Homebuilding in the States picked-up substantially last month, but a key forward-looking indicator fell short of analysts' forecasts.

• May's dismissal of Barnier border offer sinks pound

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to reject an improved European Union offer to solve the issue of the Irish border post Brexit, reports stated on Wednesday, knocking the pound back from its seven week high.

• Canada's Trudeau faces domestic pressure to yield in Nafta negotiations

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under increasing pressure to agree to a compromise on Nafta with the Trump administration, according to reports.

• Michel Barnier says October will be 'moment of truth' for Brexit

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, said the bloc is "ready to improve" its offer to the UK on the Irish border issue and that October would be the "moment of truth" for negotiations.

• Michel Barnier says October will be 'moment of truth' for Brexit

  Wednesday 19 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, said the bloc is "ready to improve" its offer to the UK on the Irish border issue and that October would be the "moment of truth" for negotiations.

• China fights back against US with $60bn of new tariffs

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Beijing struck back at Donald Trump's latest round of trade tariffs on Tuesday, imposing their own sanctions on $60bn worth of US goods.

• US housebuilder sentiment steady in September - NAHB

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Sentiment among US housebuilders was steady in September, according to data released on Tuesday.

• Italian finance minister argues for short-term boost in public investment

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Italy's finance minister said his country's budget plans would put the emphasis on higher levels of public investment, lowering the tax burden on middle-income earners and increasing social protection for the poor.

• Fund managers up cash, start to price in more hawkish Fed, BofA-ML says

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Global fund managers topped up their holdings of cash and lowered their allocation to global equities, according to the results of Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's fund manager survey for the month of September, especially towards Emerging Markets and Europe.

• Russia blames Israel for downing of military jet off Syrian coast

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - An incident in which a Russian jet was shot down by Syrian forces on Monday was due to the "deliberate" aggression of the Israeli air force, according to the Russian defence ministry.

• Trump imposes fresh batch of tariffs on $200bn Chinese imports

  Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will impose new 10% tariffs on Chinese imports worth $200bn from next Monday, 24 September.

• China will not 'play defence' in US trade war, says Global Times

  Monday 17 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - China will respond to "unilateral" US tariffs with firm countermeasures in the escalating trade war between the two countries, according to a report from widely read Chinese newspaper Global Times.

• FX round-up: Pound higher as speculators trim shorts

  Monday 17 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The pound was trading on the front foot at the start of the week, helped by news that speculators had pared their 'bearish' bets on 'cable', as traders call the exchange rate between the pound and the US dollar.

• Empire State manufacturing index drops in September

  Monday 17 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Business conditions in the New York region deteriorated in September, according to a survey from the New York Fed.

• EU ready to agree to 'frictionless border deal' - report

  Monday 17 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The European Union is preparing to accept a Brexit deal involving a frictionless Irish border, according to a report on Monday, though UK Prime Minister Theresa May is not convinced.

• US set to impose 10% tariff on $200bn of Chinese goods

  Sunday 16 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The White House is set to announce new tariffs on as many as $200.0bn-worth of Chinese-made goods, probably towards the start of the coming week.

• London close: Stocks finish week in the green, despite warnings around 'no deal' Brexit

  Friday 14 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - London stocks finished higher on Friday, recovering from the previous session's drop, with housebuilders paring their losses and helped by a positive start to trading on Wall Street.

• US industrial production picks-up in August

  Friday 14 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - America's factories continued to hum along in August, boosted by output of business equipment and materials.

• US retail sales slow unexpectedly in July

  Friday 14 Sep 2018

  (Sharecast News) - US retail sales slowed last month as US consumers pulled back on purchases of fashion and motor vehicles and parts.

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