by Ryan Littlestone | February 14th, 2018, 15:00:12 | Economic Data, US
December 2017 US business inventories data 14 February 2018 Prior 0.4% Sales 0.6% vs 1.4% prior Inventory/sales ratio 1.33 months unch The rise in inventories is good news coming alongside some still good sales numbers. That shows some confidence in future demand. The...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 20th, 2017, 09:32:20 | BOE, Central Banks
The latest Bank of England Agents summary of business report 20 December 2017 Recruitment difficulties were a growing concern for businesses as labour shortages had become more generalised across sectors and skill levels. Despite this, pay growth had only increased a...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 19th, 2017, 09:00:24 | Economic Data, Germany
December 2017 German IFO business climate index 19 December 2017 Prior 117.5. Revised to 117.6 Current conditions 125.4 vs 124.7 exp. Prior 124.4. Revised to 124.5 Expectations 109.5 vs 110.7 exp. Prior 111.0 A touch softer to end the year with. It came into 2017 at...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 8th, 2017, 09:30:45 | BOE, Central Banks
Highlights of the latest Bank of England’s Agents Summary of Business report 8 November 2017 Growth in activity had remained broadly stable. Manufacturing output growth had risen again, with export supply chains supported by the past fall in sterling and some...