• October US retail sales rise as expected

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - US retail sales grew more quickly than expected last month, boosted by sales of motor vehicles, building materials and at gasoline stations.

• Philly Fed index drops more than expected in November

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Manufacturing conditions in the Philadelphia region deteriorated more than expected in November, according to a survey released on Thursday.

• Empire State manufacturing index unexpectedly ticks higher

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

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

• US jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - US jobless claims edged only slightly higher last week, but some economists believed there were signs in the data that, at least for now, momentum in the jobs market might be topping out.

• Cryptocurrencies drop 12% to hit a one-year low

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Cryptocurrencies were adding to their Wednesday plunge with the best-known of them, Bitcoin, down 12.61% to $5,428.

• Fed's Powell's positive on economy, financial markets' reaction is being monitored

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The Federal Reserve needs to calibrate how much it needs to further tighten monetary policy and at what pace, central bank chairman, Jerome Powell, said ovenright.

• Europe midday: Stocks dip amid post-Brexit deal political convulsions

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Stocks across the Continent are trading slightly lower as investors digest the ongoing political convulsions in London, even as they keep a wary eye on the Italian government's antics with Brussels over its 2019 budget.

• May pledges to drive Brexit plan through despite Cabinet turmoil

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to push through her Brexit after a day of turmoil that saw two Cabinet ministers quit and MPs openly talking of a no-confidence vote.

• Pound shrugs off cabinet's Brexit deal approval

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Huge doubts remained about Brexit across Westminster and in financial markets after Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet "collectively approved" a withdrawal agreement with the European Union.

• 'Information asymmetry' drives huge price swings in cryptocurrencies

  Thursday 15 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - New research has found informed traders and investors' information asymmetry could be driving huge price changes in cryptocurrencies.

• US 'core' October CPI falls short of analysts' forecasts

  Wednesday 14 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Inflation in the US accelerated as expected last month, pushed higher by increased energy costs, but underlying price pressures were more modest than economists had anticipated.

• US should hike foreign investment to curb China influence, says Congress report

  Wednesday 14 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - A report from a US congressional commission recommends that Washington fund infrastructure in developing nations in order to counter Chinese financing deals.

• German economy contracts for first time since Q1 2015

  Wednesday 14 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The German economy shrank in the third quarter amid weaker exports, marking its first contraction since the first quarter of 2015, according to data released by Destatis.

• May faces cabinet showdown over Brexit deal

  Wednesday 14 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Prime Minister Theresa May faces a cabinet showdown on Wednesday when she will ask ministers to sign off a Brexit deal struck with the EU, despite strident opposition to the terms from Brexiters and in Northern Ireland.

• FOBT stake cut moved back to April after government U-turn

  Wednesday 14 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - The government announced on Wednesday it was making a U-turn and the implementation of changes to reduce the stakes of fixed-odds betting machines will be brought forward to next April, instead of October as had been planned.

• FX round-up: Trade talk, speculation around possible Brexit deal brake US dollar

  Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - A more 'constructive' news-flow on the global trade front and news of a breakthrough in talks on the UK's withdrawal between London and Brussels, kept the Greenback from hitting a fresh 52-week high on Tuesday.

• Russian GDP slows more-than-expected in Q3, but economists expect pick-up

  Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Economic growth in Russia slowed over the three months to September, although some economists expected the pace of expansion to pick-up over the following year.

• US and China speaking 'at all levels' ahead of G20 meet, says Kudlow

  Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - President Trump has initiated direct contact with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the leaders' meeting at the G20 in Argentina at the end of the month, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC on Tuesday.

• Cabinet convenes as negotiators agree EU withdrawal text

  Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Theresa May's cabinet will meet on Wednesday after British and EU negotiators agreed the text for a UK-wide customs arrangement that could will form part of a Brexit withdrawal agreement, according to reports on Tuesday afternoon.

• US small business confidence dips in October, NFIB says

  Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

  (Sharecast News) - Small business confidence in the US slipped last month but remained near record highs.

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