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...The two-year Treasury yield, which moves with interest rate expectations, jumped by 0.16 percentage points to 4.9 per cent. S&P 500 futures fell 1.3 per cent....
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...The average house price fell 1 per cent month on month in March, down to £288,430 from February, when UK house prices hit a 16-month high of £291,338....
...UK consumer price inflation peaked at a 42-year high of 11.1 per cent in October 2022, while real wages contracted for most of 2022 and 2023....
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...Trump had more than 80 per cent of Republican primary votes with 4 per cent of ballots counted, according to the Associated Press. Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley had 16.5 per cent of the vote....
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...The pound was 0.4 per cent higher against the dollar at $1.2475....
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