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...This week Italy’s statistics office revised up its backward output figures to show that in the final three months of 2023, the economy was 4.2 per cent from the level in Q4 2019, before the pandemic....
...Japan’s defence spending rose 11 per cent to $50bn, while Taiwan’s defence spending rose 11 per cent to $17bn....
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...UK headline inflation eased from a 42-year high of 11.1 per cent in October 2022 to 4 per cent in January as the impact of the surge in food and energy costs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine faded....
...Lloyds said pre-tax profits fell year on year to £1.6bn from £2.3bn, broadly in line with analysts’ expectations. Quarterly revenues dropped to £4.2bn, just below market expectations of £4.3bn....
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...The two-year Treasury yield, which moves with interest rate expectations, rose 0.11 percentage points on the day to 4.74 per cent, while the 10-year yield jumped 0.09 percentage points to 4.4 per cent....
...Interest rate sensitive 2-year gilt yields dropped from 4.14 per cent ahead of the announcement to 4.12 per cent, down 0.11 percentage points on the day....
...Shares in Spotify were up 11.4 per cent on Tuesday. The company’s stock has more than doubled over the past year, reaching a valuation of more than $50bn....
...Group revenue edged up 2 per cent to £9.7bn....
...“Inflation has not just fallen decisively but is forecast to hit the 2 per cent target within months.” February’s 3.4 per cent rise in CPI compared with a peak of 11.1 per cent in October 2022....
...London’s FTSE 100 was down 0.7 per cent, pulled lower by a 29.2 per cent decline for wealth manager St James’s Place and an 11.4 per cent drop for consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser, which owns brands...
...Although inflation was still double the BoE’s target, analysts had expected an uptick to 4.2 per cent, slightly above the central bank’s estimate of 4.1 per cent....
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...The benchmark 10-year yield jumped 0.11 percentage points to 4.28 per cent....
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