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...“People on both sides of the income spectrum are feeling a little bit more stretched than they were a year ago.”...
...For stretched public health budgets, investments in public health could be better value for money....
Zoopla predicts rents in 2024 will increase by 5%, half the rate of this year
...Chief executive Ramon Laguarta told analysts that low-income consumers in the US were still “stretched”, while Chinese consumers are “very cautious”, though the Chinese sector remained “resilient”....
...Not only has that moment of high-octane global optimism not been matched, but with the world mired in seemingly intractable conflicts and international law being stretched to breaking point, that day feels...
...Economists previously warned that chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans for a 1 per cent annual real terms increase in spending implied deep cuts to some stretched public services....
Spending on private ‘out of area’ beds has reached record levels to the detriment of financially stretched trusts and patients
...ballad to blast, an extra layer of spontaneity was added by poets Bernard and Potter handing scraps of text to Mitchener for a new improvised theme — “Slow drag of time” was one, rendered with syllables stretched...
...Investors will be keen to learn more about demand for its products as some companies have warned of a “stretched” US consumer....
...How far that strategy can be stretched is unclear, particularly when a big football tournament this summer will draw crowds towards more celebratory pubs with bigger screens....
...“The main driver is the fact that affordability just was much more stretched in London,” he added....
...Over the years, the hospitality and food industries have been stretched beyond belief by Brexit, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis....
...Delivering that is a big job, especially when utilities and grids are already stretched....
...It is a sign of Japan’s heavy investment in Australia, which has stretched far beyond the “stubby” beer bottle into renewable energy, finance, software and other consumer-focused areas such as insurance,...
...The music is redolent of Gabriel Fauré in its restrained poetry and beauty, though Fauré never stretched his singers to the stratospheric high notes that Dubois manages so elegantly here....
...In first-quarter results on Tuesday, PepsiCo chief executive Ramon Laguarta said US consumers were “stretched” and “strategising a lot to make their budgets get to the end of the month”....
...“Work” as a term is stretched broadly, such as “schoolwork”, catalysing an improbable debate between students about the historical record pre- and post-internet....
...However, the number of sales was still much lower than in 2022, as higher mortgage rates stretched affordability for first-time buyers....
...low pay and high staff turnover has left the sector struggling to hire and retain staff needed to support more children, despite a government pilot scheme offering £1,000 sign-on “bonuses” in the most stretched...
...US-listed developed market ex-US equity ETFs notched up a record 46th consecutive month of inflows in April, a trend he attributed to the use of ETFs as building blocks in asset allocation models, as well as “stretched...
...sector with chronic low pay and high staff turnover will struggle to hire or keep the workers needed to create new places, despite a government pilot scheme offering £1,000 sign-on bonuses in the most stretched...
...But he warned that “the potential for further junior doctor strikes looms large, which could lead to more operations and appointments being cancelled and place more pressure on already stretched services...
...First, stretched valuations across asset classes and high correlation could prove a toxic combination. Investors had seized on expectations of falling rates and increased earnings....
...PepsiCo chief executive Ramon Laguarta similarly said lower-income consumers were “stretched” and “strategising a lot to make their budgets get to the end of the month” following the company’s first-quarter...
...“This means affordability will be stretched, and that should limit house price rises.” Still, there are signs that relief for homebuyers may come sooner....
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