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...The population of under-15s in Japan now stands at a record low of 11.4 per cent of the overall population, while the number of over-75s stands at a record high of 16.1 per cent....
...Prices in the Italian ski resort for an adult rose just 1.4 per cent year on year to £532....
...Rental growth in Scotland, however, has continued to climb at 12.9 per cent, up from 11.4 per cent a year ago. Zoopla said that rent controls were a likely factor contributing to the increases....
...Delays were starkest among 16 to 24-year-olds, with 22 per cent reporting wait times of more than 12 months, data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday showed....
...Chief financial officers predicted wages would rise by 4.7 per cent in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by the central bank in March and published on Thursday....
...Private investors have piled into UK government bonds this year to lock in attractive yields as the Bank of England has kept interest rates at a 16-year high....
...In Europe, 10-year German bond yields fell slightly to 2.906 per cent, close to last week’s 12-year high of 2.98 per cent....
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...Also timed to coincide with Frieze New York is a new art fair, Esther, which runs in the Estonian House in Murray Hill, May 1-4....
...The yield on the 10-year bond rose 0.03 percentage points to 4.16 per cent....
...The accounting and consulting firm reported a 9 per cent jump in revenues to £2.96bn during the year to September, compared with growth of 16 per cent in the previous 12 months....
...It compared with a rise of 9 per cent in the 12 months to February....
...The mortgage provider’s average house price was £12,600 below its August 2023 peak, reflecting the hit to prospective buyers from higher borrowing costs....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, lost 4.1 per cent to $70.77 a barrel, its steepest fall since November 16....
...The proportion of total loan balances with arrears, relative to outstanding mortgage balances, rose to 1.23 per cent in the three months to December 31 from 1.12 per cent in the third quarter, the Bank of...
...But it projected growth of between 3 and 4 per cent over the next 12 months, below the 4.5 per cent pencilled in by Wall Street....
...Prices have surged 9.4 per cent since December 12, as Iran-backed rebels have attacked vessels on one of the world’s most important trade routes....
...A decade ago the company’s effective tax rate was 17.4 per cent. Last year it was 12 per cent. The previous year, the company set aside nothing at all. Now, rates are rising....
...That would leave the rump trading at 12.8 times forward ebit. That’s cheaper, but not miles away, from its current multiple of 13.4 times....
...Rival coins dogecoin and cardano are down 4 per cent and 12 per cent respectively. But solana has broken from the crowd, rising to $209 earlier this week, the highest it has been since December 2021....
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