Trump comes up $4.3 billion short for wall funding

US DOLLAR The Dollar Index spent most of last week with a 97 handle but surrendered it before the weekend after US retail sales dropped the most since September 2009, prompting a flurry of growth downgrades for the coming quarters. Elsewhere, lawmakers appear to have avoided another government shutdown for the time being and more…

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Happy New Year!

What a year 2018 was; the royal wedding, never-ending summer sunshine, England’s fantastic world cup run, Trump trade wars, the worst year for stock markets in a decade, Theresa May surviving a no-confidence vote along with hearing the word ‘Brexit’ every other day… It’s not all doom and gloom as many in the media (and…

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