Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting July 10, 2017.

Last week:          

• The US economy created more jobs than expected, with 222,000 new positions in June compared with expectations of 178,000. But wage growth was tepid, at just 2.5%.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting July 3, 2017.

Last week:          

• The savings ratio in the UK fell to a record low 1.7% in the first quarter, from 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2016.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting June 26, 2017.

Last week:          

• Negotiations on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union started in Brussels amid warnings by both Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney that a “soft” Brexit is needed in order to prevent a deep fall in living standards.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting June 19, 2017.

Last week:          

• Eurozone ministers approved the release of a new tranche of aid for Greece that will help the country avoid a new payment crisis in July, when it has to pay €7.0 billion worth of debt.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting June 5, 2017.

Last week:          

• Nonfarm payrolls disappointed in May, when the US economy created just 138,000 compared with expectations of 185,000.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting May 29, 2017.

Last week:          

• US economic growth data was revised to 1.2% in the first quarter from a previous estimate of 0.7%.
• Around 24% of the electricity generated in the UK came from solar energy on Friday, a day of warm weather and clear, sunny skies.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting May 22, 2017.

Last week:          

• An investigation into possible links between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and Russia has intensified, with reports saying that a current White House official is a person of interest. Sources told the Washington Post the official was close to the President, but did not elaborate further.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting May 15, 2017.

Last week:          

• A massive ransomware attack took place in around 70 countries, with computers locked by malicious software requesting $300 in bitcoin to release them.

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Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting May 8, 2017.

Last week:          

• The U.S. economy created more jobs than forecast in April, when the nonfarm payrolls number came in at 211,000 compared with analysts’ expectations of about 185,000 new jobs.

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