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Mar 28, 14 • 3000 Manatu •
Mafaufau i le Va •
Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe I luga o fefaatauaiga a Peretania ua atili ai ona leaga ma misia le faamoemoeina i sina mamao a o GDP mo Peretania e sau i le 0.7% mo le kuata
As predicted by many analysts the UK’s GDP figure for the last quarter available came in at 0.7% taking annual growth up to 2.7%. One interesting stat from the print concerns the UK saving ratio which is now at 5.1% for 2013, versus 7.3% in 2012. The...
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Mar 27, 14 • 2744 Manatu •
Mafaufau i le Va •
Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe i luga o le UK fa'atau oloa fa'atupuina i le 1.7%, i luma atu o fa'amoemoega a le au su'esu'e o le 0.5%, a'o maua e Iukureini se maliega nogatupe mai le IMF.
Despite the lacklustre retail figures over the Xmas period and the harsh (and very wet) weather experienced in January and February in the UK, retail sales have posted a very healthy increase in the latest print, courtesy of the UK’s official stats body...
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Mar 26, 14 • 2818 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe i luga o pisinisi a Europa o lo'o tatala i teritori lelei a'o fa'atau atu e le malo o Peretania vaega tupe i se vaega o le faletupe a le setete
In the overnight-early morning session the focus was mainly on the speech given by the RBS governor Stevens in which he delivered a very upbeat narrative on the state of the Australian economy causing the Aussie indices to rise significantly and the Aussie to...
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Mar 25, 14 • 2655 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe i UK tau faʻatupulaia tau i le lima tausaga maualalo o Peretania fale tau paʻu i le lima tausaga maualuga
From the Conference Board overnight we received the latest print regarding China’s economic performance with the LEI showing a reading of 282.4, up by 0.9 on the month. From the UK the latest inflation figures are in showing that the UK’s CPI...
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Mar 24, 14 • 2960 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe on France leads the way with a sharp increase in its Markit Economics Composite
There was mixed news regarding the various European Markit Economics PMIs that have been published this morning. The French Composite PMI reading for services and manufacturing has grown significantly, the print came in at 51.6, the rate of expansion was the...
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Mar 21, 14 • 2998 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe I luga o USA faletupe pasi faʻafitauli tofotofoga, Fitch faʻamaonia USA AAA togiina aʻo Euro vaega paleni o totogi faʻaleleia
The US Federal Reserve published some encouraging news as it stated yesterday evening that nearly all major US banks can survive a market crash; 29 out of 30. All of the big banks with the exception of Zions Bancorp stayed above the 5% requirement for...
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Mar 20, 14 • 2956 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe I luga o le faletupe tutotonu a Suiselani e le suia uma lona fua faatatau faavae ma lona fesuiaiga o tupe ma le euro, ona o le GDP a Niu Sila ua siitia i le 0.9%
In the overnight session very positive news came courtesy of the New Zealand’s stats office as the economy enjoyed a 0.9% rise over the quarter up to December 2013. In Europe Germany published its latest producer prices showing a fall of 0.9% year on...
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Mar 19, 14 • 2788 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe I le UK le leai o ni galuega o loʻo tumau i le 7.2% ae o tagata o loʻo teu tupe faʻatatau i le tala faʻatatau ole paketi a Peretania ma le fonotaga a le FOMC e taʻitaʻi e Janet Yellen
The UK’s unemployment count was published earlier this morning and it revealed that the unemployment rate remained the same at 7.2%, this despite more persons being employed although there was a marked drop in the amount of full time employees, versus...
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Mar 18, 14 • 3549 Manatu •
Mafaufau i le Va •
Maria Iakopo
1 Faamatalaga
Overnight the RBA published its recent policy meeting minutes in which it committed to more of the same whilst noting the slight weakness reappearing in the USA economy. However, analysts and investors failed to take anything contained in the report as an...
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Mar 17, 14 • 3050 Manatu •
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Maria Iakopo
faamatalaga Teugatupe i luga ole si'itia o tau fale ile UK, ua fa'aleleia atili le talitonuga o tagata fa'atau i Niu Sila
In the UK the news that the property market is beginning to fire on all cylinders was re enforced by two news items, firstly there is a return to what’s termed gazumping and secondly prices in the London capital, according to Rightmove, have reached a...