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23.03.2024

FTSE 100 near record high amid interest rate cut hopes – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as prospect of several interest rate cuts this year boosts shares but weighs on the pound

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21.03.2024

Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold despite falling inflation – business live | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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20.03.2024

HMRC to close tax helpline for six months a year from April; jobs at risk as Ted Baker ‘prepares to appoint administrators’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Japan ends eight-year stint of negative interest rates

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20.03.2024

UK inflation expected to drop to near two and a half-year low – business live | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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19.03.2024

UK housing market sees spring revival as asking prices jump; oil price hits four-month high – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Rightmove says “we now seem to be past the bottom” of the property market

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16.03.2024

McDonald’s says it’s trying to solve tech issues affecting some restaurants worldwide – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Global chain apologises to customers over IT problems which left customers unable to order food in countries including Australia, China, UK and Japan and led to temporary store closures

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15.03.2024

US retail sales bounce back in February; producer prices rise more than expected – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US data dampens expectations of early interest rate cuts

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14.03.2024

UK competition watchdog says ground rent ‘not necessary’; Metro Bank cutting 1,000 jobs – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

CMA says government may need to step in to protect consumers from rising ground rents; watchdog intervenes to free over 500 households from ‘problematic’ ground rent clauses

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13.03.2024

US inflation unexpectedly rises to 3.2% in February; UK unemployment climbs – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Stubborn US price growth suggests Federal Reserve won’t be in a rush to cut interest rates; UK wage growth slows more than expected while vacancies decline

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12.03.2024

Reddit aims for $6bn stock float; bitcoin at new record high – as it happened | Mergers and acquisitions | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help bitcoin rally above $71,800

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09.03.2024

US jobless rate rises to two-year high while wage growth slows – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US economy adds 275,000 jobs, more than expected but that strength is partly offset by downward revisions to past months

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08.03.2024

UK ‘fiscally offside’ by up to £60bn, Citi fears; house prices rise again – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as economist warns OBR productivity forecasts are much too optimistic

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07.03.2024

UK housebuilding slump eases; Treasury to regulate ESG ratings – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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06.03.2024

Jeremy Hunt ‘to cut national insurance and freeze fuel duty’ in budget; bitcoin hits record high over $69,000 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Reports that chancellor will cut national insurance by a further two percentage points tomorrow, as UK private sector growth rises

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Oil prices head for steepest weekly drop in three months; markets brace for US jobs report – business live | Business | The Guardian

Interest rates to remain higher for longer, Fed indicates; anger as Shell beats profit forecasts – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK house prices drop in April as ‘affordability pressures’ hit borrowers; new Post Office interim chair named – business live | Business | The Guardian

French growth beats forecasts, boosting hopes eurozone technical recession is over – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK house prices ‘under downward pressure’ after jump in mortgage payments – business live | Business | The Guardian

Anglo American rejects BHP’s £31.1bn takeover proposal – business live | Business | The Guardian

BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover of Anglo American in mining mega-deal – business live | Business | The Guardian

Ofcom warns broadcasters to remain impartial ahead of election, Lloyds profit falls 28% – business live | Business | The Guardian

FTSE 100 hits record high; UK borrows £120bn last year, leaving ‘limited scope’ for pre-election tax cuts– business live | Business | The Guardian

FTSE 100 hits record closing high amid hopes of interest rates cuts – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Retail sales stagnate in Britain in March; oil price jumps after Israeli strike on Iran – business live | Business | The Guardian

Thames Water customers shouldn’t pay for its mistakes, says Jeremy Hunt; Iran oil exports hit six-year high – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK inflation falls to two-and-a-half-year low of 3.2% – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK unemployment rate jumps to 4.2% as labour market cools; China’s growth beats forecasts – business live | Business | The Guardian

Oil price falls despite Middle East tensions; Tesla ‘to cut 10% of staff’; Goldman Sachs profits jump – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK GDP grows in February, suggesting economy is escaping recession – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK interest rate cuts should be ‘a way off’ says Bank of England’s Greene, as US inflation worries markets – business live | Business | The Guardian

Gold hits fresh record high; Fitch downgrades Thames Water parent company – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Inflationary pressures have ‘lessened substantially’, says Tesco; Fitch downgrades China’s outlook to negative – business live | Business | The Guardian

Food inflation across rich nations falls to pre-Ukraine war levels; UK economy at turning point – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK house prices fall for first time in six months – business live | Business | The Guardian

MP calls Royal Mail delivery cuts a ‘slap in the face for families’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Michael Gove has ‘zero sympathy’ for ‘arrogant’ Thames Water in funding crisis – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK Libor trader Tom Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Bank of England policymaker says markets pricing in too many rate cuts; Co-op Bank to cut 400 jobs –as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Boeing boss Dave Calhoun to step down; EU to investigate Alphabet, Apple and Meta – business live | Business | The Guardian

FTSE 100 near record high amid interest rate cut hopes – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold despite falling inflation – business live | Business | The Guardian

HMRC to close tax helpline for six months a year from April; jobs at risk as Ted Baker ‘prepares to appoint administrators’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK inflation expected to drop to near two and a half-year low – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK housing market sees spring revival as asking prices jump; oil price hits four-month high – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

McDonald’s says it’s trying to solve tech issues affecting some restaurants worldwide – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US retail sales bounce back in February; producer prices rise more than expected – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK competition watchdog says ground rent ‘not necessary’; Metro Bank cutting 1,000 jobs – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US inflation unexpectedly rises to 3.2% in February; UK unemployment climbs – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Reddit aims for $6bn stock float; bitcoin at new record high – as it happened | Mergers and acquisitions | The Guardian

US jobless rate rises to two-year high while wage growth slows – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK ‘fiscally offside’ by up to £60bn, Citi fears; house prices rise again – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK housebuilding slump eases; Treasury to regulate ESG ratings – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Jeremy Hunt ‘to cut national insurance and freeze fuel duty’ in budget; bitcoin hits record high over $69,000 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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