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What made financial headlines over the weekend?

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Here's our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend ...

The economy has shaken off some Brexit blues The latest survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows British business growth has not been as drastically affected by Brexit as some had predicted in the run-up to the 23 June referendum, reports this article in the Mail on Sunday. Indeed, the CBI's growth indicator has actually risen to 8% - a sizeable increase on the 5% figure it recorded in the month after the vote. Despite the positive signs, however, the index remains at low levels when compared with the double-digit percentages seen throughout 2015. The Mail on Su...

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