Mind The Gap

One of the PIIGS is beginning to squeal, Portugal’s bond yields rise past the critical 7% yield to 8%. Bond traders have been selling Portuguese debt this morning, in turn driving down its price and as a consequence pushing up the interest rate (yield) on the bonds. The yield was trading at below 6.5% on […]

Is it too early to become relieved by Spain’s job numbers? The number of unemployed in Spain at the end of June 2013, according to data from the records of the Public Employment Service, has dropped by 127,248 versus the previous month. The reduction is 2.60%. The fall in trend started in March and has

In the overnight/early morning Asian session the print published regarding Chinese data, (the manufacturing PMI), came in as forecast by the economists polled. The figure was 50.1. The HSBC Markit publication was slightly lower than forecast at 48.2, a nine month low, but not significant as a miss in order to alter the current positive

In the overnight/early morning Asian session the print published regarding Chinese data, (the manufacturing PMI), came in as forecast by the economists polled. The figure was 50.1. The HSBC Markit publication was slightly lower than forecast at 48.2, a nine month low, but not significant as a miss in order to alter the current positive

The UK balance of payments data has been published in the morning London session. The prediction was for a minus £11.9 bn deficit, but the figure came in far worse than the economists’ predictions at £14.5 bn, thereby exceeding the previous month’s figure by €0.9 bn. This figure represents 3.6% of UK GDP. Business investment