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15 Mar
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Home prices continue to fall in China

House prices continued to slide in China last month, official data showed on Friday, heaping more pressure on the country’s struggling property sector.

14 Mar
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UK housing market becoming more positive - RICS

The UK house market continued to stabilise in February, a closely-watched survey showed on Thursday, despite prices remaining under pressure.

13 Mar
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Eurozone industrial production unexpectedly tumbles

Industrial production fell sharply in the eurozone in January, official data showed on Wednesday, by more than expected.

13 Mar
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UK economy returns to growth in January

The UK economy returned to growth in the first month of 2024, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics.

12 Mar
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CMA to launch formal investigation into vet market

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that it has provisionally decided to launch a formal market investigation after a review into the veterinary industry found that pet owners could be paying too much for medicines or prescriptions.

12 Mar
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UK wage growth slows again, unemployment rate ticks up

UK wage growth eased again in the three months to January, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics, raising rate cut expectations.

08 Mar
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Eurozone GDP ends 2023 unchanged

The eurozone economy was little changed at the end of 2023, official data showed on Friday, allowing it to narrowly skirt recession.

08 Mar
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German industrial production pushes higher

German industrial production ticked higher in January, official data showed on Friday, beating expectations.

07 Mar
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ECB leaves rates unchanged; cuts inflation, growth forecasts

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday as it cut inflation and growth forecasts.

07 Mar
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UK businesses forecast inflation to ease - BoE

UK businesses expect output inflation to continue easing over the coming year, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday.

07 Mar
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German factory orders plummet in January

German factory orders plunged in January, official data showed on Thursday, falling by far more than expected.

07 Mar
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China Jan-Feb exports smash estimates with 7.1% rise

China reported a sharply better-than-expected rise in exports for the first two months of the year, according to official figures published on Thursday.

07 Mar
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House prices rise for fifth month in a row - Halifax

UK house prices rose for the fifth month in a row in February, according to figures released on Thursday by Halifax.

06 Mar
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Spring Budget garners mixed reaction

The chancellor’s spring Budget received a mixed reaction on Wednesday, as business groups and economists digested the government’s latest plans to bolster the UK’s faltering economy.

06 Mar
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Chancellor trims National Insurance in pre-election Budget

The chancellor of the exchequer cut National Insurance and pledged to overhaul the tax regime for non-domiciled residents on Wednesday, in what was likely his last Budget before the next general election.

06 Mar
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Upturn in housebuilding boosts UK construction sector - PMI

The UK’s hard-pressed construction sector strengthened last month, a closely-watched survey showed on Wednesday, led by a turnaround in housebuilding.

06 Mar
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German trade surplus widens as exports rally

German exports rallied in January, official data showed on Wednesday, reversing the sharp falls seen at the end of last year.

06 Mar
Eurozone construction activity still subdued despite Feb uptick - PMI

The contraction in eurozone construction sector continued halfway through the first quarter of the year, despite a slight uptick in activity last month, according to a purchasing managers index (PMI) released on Wednesday.

05 Mar
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Gold price hits record high

Gold prices hit a record high on Wednesday amid rising expectations of a US rate cut in June.

05 Mar
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Hunt to cut National Insurance by 2p in Budget - report

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will reportedly use his Budget on Wednesday to cut national insurance by a further two percentage points for 27m workers in a move worth £450 on average.