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...In a trading update on Monday, the company said permanent recruitment had been more difficult than the temporary jobs market, as employers looked for flexibility....
...But he added: “We can now help families not just with temporary cost of living support but with permanent cuts in taxation....
...The slowdown of annual consumer price growth from 2.6 per cent the previous month reflected smaller increases in food and goods prices, which offset steady services prices....
...Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, fell to 4.5 per cent from 5.1 per cent previously, also slightly lower than the 4.6 per cent reading predicted by economists....
...That was up from 8.1 per cent, 11.7 per cent and 15.6 per cent respectively in January 2013, when the data series began....
...An unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent in February was unchanged from a slightly upwardly revised figure in January....
...“As you may have heard from others in our industry, there has been a shift in the US consumer behaviour of late,” chief executive Calvin McDonald said....
...The final reading was above the second estimate of 3.2 per cent and the initial estimate of 3.3 per cent, in a sign that the US economy has remained resilient in the face of high interest rates....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce that the temporary £9bn a year tax break for business investment will become permanent....
...The yen depreciated to ¥150.96 against the US dollar in Tuesday afternoon trading in New York, passing a recent low of ¥150.88 in mid-February and falling to its weakest point since November 16....
...The sports specialist firm, which typically targets stakes in individual teams rather than leagues, recently closed its second dedicated sports fund after raising $4.1bn, overshooting its $2.5bn target....
...Thursday’s data on personal consumption expenditures, the US central bank’s preferred gauge of price pressures, matched economists’ expectations of 2.4 per cent in a Bloomberg survey....
...Meta was the only gainer in the so-called Magnificent Seven group of big technology stocks. Tesla dropped 4 per cent....
...Israel-Hamas war: US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East to push for a deal to secure a temporary pause in fighting and the release of hostages held by Hamas....
...Jeremy Hunt announced that temporary higher rates of tax relief for orchestras, museums, galleries and theatres would be made permanent....
...Unemployment in the eurozone fell back to a record low of 6.4 per cent in November, defying recent economic gloom after the number of jobless people fell almost 100,000 from a month earlier....
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