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...Higher borrowing costs are set to push governments’ interest expenses across member countries up from 2.9 per cent of GDP last year to 3.4 per cent in 2026, according to the OECD’s estimates, adding pressure...
...US GDP: Economists expect the advance estimate for first-quarter US economic growth to be 2.4 per cent, after gross domestic product expanded by 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023....
...The bank reported a return on tangible equity — a key measure of bank profitability — of 12.3 per cent, down from 15 per cent last year but ahead of its target of more than 10 per cent for 2024....
...Pre-tax profits fell 15.3 per cent to £277mn, largely related to its decision in January to withdraw from financial services and offload its core banking business to focus on retail....
...15-year high....
...Net interest payments have risen from £4.3mn to £15.7mn, which will drag on profits. Meanwhile, GP Strategies revenue fell 2 per cent on a constant currency basis....
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...The cosmetics retailer fell 15.3 per cent, its biggest daily drop since 2020, after warning of slowing demand....
...The CPI rose 0.3 per cent on a monthly basis, falling short of a 0.4 per cent rise forecast by the Reuters poll but stronger than a gain of 0.1 per cent in December....
...That pushed the yield on the 10-year Treasury note 0.05 percentage points higher to 4.15 per cent, while the yield on the policy-sensitive two-year note rose by about the same amount to 4.59 per cent....
...calculations, compared with 62.4 per cent for active mutual funds....
...Official data showed last month that easing food prices helped to reduce the official measure of inflation to 3.4 per cent in February from 4 per cent in the previous month....
...The benchmark 10-year yield also added 0.05 percentage points to 4.15 per cent. An index tracking the dollar against a basket of six other currencies was up 0.2 per cent on the day....
...Military spending around the world rose almost 7 per cent to a record $2.4tn last year, the steepest annual increase in 15 years, according to research....
...Bitcoin has lost 15 per cent of its value over the past two weeks, as some investors use the much-hyped launch of bitcoin exchange traded funds earlier this month to take profits and exit their holdings...
...Adjusted net profit rose 15 per cent year-on-year to $3.76bn, but fell short of consensus analyst forecasts. AIA’s shares dropped 4.5 per cent during the morning trading session in Hong Kong....
...The US chipmaker was the best performer on the benchmark index, gaining 15.9 per cent as the share gauge rose 2.2 per cent....
...However, Walmart projected 3 to 4 per cent consolidated net sales growth over the next 12 months, below the 4.5 per cent pencilled in by Wall Street....
...4.6 percentage points per annum over 50-year holding periods, not 2.3 and 4 percentage points, respectively, as wrongly stated in a Markets Insight column on December 14....
...Deutsche shares fell 0.3 per cent to €15.35 in early trading on Thursday....
...Revenues from the NHS grew 15.5 per cent last year and PMI by 14.3 per cent. This helped lift operating profits by almost a third to £126.2mn on overall revenues that grew 13.4 per cent to £1.36bn....
...The S&P Global UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.3 in March, up from 47.5 in February and above the flash reading of 49.9, pushing 10 year gilts yields up 0.15 percentage points to 4.09...
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