March 16th, 2016
By Smart Currency
The UK’s largest overseas property exhibition had a record attendance over the weekend in a sign that owning a property abroad is coming back into fashion ...
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March 16th, 2016
By Smart Currency
Chancellor George Osborne announces roadmap to updated tax system UK Chancellor has announced plans for a ‘modern tax code’. In his Budget speech, the Chancellor...
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March 15th, 2016
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US retail sales fell again in February, after dipping below zero in January, according to the US Census Bureau Retail trade and food services sales fell by 0.1%...
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March 15th, 2016
By Smart Currency
The 2016 UK Budget will be announced on Wednesday 16th March. In the run up to the European Union (EU) Referendum, what announcements can we expect? What could the...
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March 15th, 2016
By Smart Currency
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is drafting rules for a Tobin tax on currency exchange transactions, reports Bloomberg. Conceived by Nobel Prize-winning US...
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March 15th, 2016
By Smart Currency
Recent UK business association CBI survey results reveal that 80% of UK business members would prefer to remain part of the EU The Confederation of British...
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March 14th, 2016
By Smart Currency
Falling oil prices spell more bad news for global markets and economic outlook. The price of American crude oil fell today by some four percent following a statement...
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March 14th, 2016
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Eurozone industrial production – seasonally adjusted – increased by 2.1% from December 2015 to January 2016, reports Eurostat. This dwarfed the 1.7% increase for the...
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March 14th, 2016
By Smart Currency
More evidence of slowing economic growth in run-up to UK Budget UK economic growth is slowing down, the retreat led by London, according to a regional Purchasing...
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March 11th, 2016
By Smart Currency
Falling energy prices drive drop in German inflation German year-on-year inflation fell from 0.5% in January to 0.0% in February, according to a report by the...
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