Wall Street lifts on GDP uplift Wall Street got a surprise boost yesterday (30/08/17) when Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures were revised up. US annual growth rate for the second quarter was revised to 3% citing higher consumer spending and strong business investment as the reasons. The Dow Jones Industrial …

Japan GDP Improves Japan’s economy grew 2.5% – this was above analysts expectations – up 4% year on year. Japan is the third largest economy in the world. The economy has been struggling for decades so this continuing improvement will be welcome news.

UK Economic growth slows UK Economic growth slows as latest data suggests UK economic growth appears to remain sluggish. With the backdrop of a weaker pound and improving global growth its somewhat surprising exporters aren’t doing better than this data suggests. The service sector also appears to have slowed. Consumer …