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...The company’s health science and nutrition business, which accounted for 16.4 per cent of sales in 2023 and includes its baby formula business, had a 3.6 per cent drop in sales volumes following supply problems...
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...Nevertheless, the share of mortgages in arrears remains well below a peak of 3.64 per cent in the first quarter of 2009 during the global financial crisis....
...The IMF suggested that inflation is on track to continue falling in the UK, forecasting inflation will drop from 7.3 per cent last year to 2.5 per cent in 2024 and 2 per cent next year — the BoE’s target...
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...Markets are pricing the BoE to start cutting interest rates from a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent from the summer, taking the benchmark rate to 4.5 per cent by the end of the year....
...This was followed by mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol, which rose from 12.7 per cent of deaths in 2019 to 14.9 per cent in 2022....
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...Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan was second with 23.5 per cent, followed by former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo at 16.7 per cent, according to early unofficial quick counts....
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