t’s been a good day for UK chancellor Philip Hammond as far as the country’s public finances go, with the best July budget surplus for 18 years.
But factory growth was less impressive in August, according to the CBI.
Meanwhile the dollar has weakened after President Trump took the Federal Reserve to task for continuing to raise interest rates.
And in Greece, prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said Greece is at the beginning of a new era following its exit from its longstanding bailout programme.
Read more: UK records biggest July budget surplus since 2000 - as it happened | Business | The Guardian
But factory growth was less impressive in August, according to the CBI.
Meanwhile the dollar has weakened after President Trump took the Federal Reserve to task for continuing to raise interest rates.
And in Greece, prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said Greece is at the beginning of a new era following its exit from its longstanding bailout programme.
Read more: UK records biggest July budget surplus since 2000 - as it happened | Business | The Guardian
