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...Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said Thursday’s data suggested that companies “had been able to maintain their margins, despite the fact that input costs have...
...Long Day’s Journey into Night heaves on to the stage like one of the ships warned off the Connecticut rocks by the mournful foghorn that sounds throughout Eugene O’Neill’s play....
...The non-bank financial sector is playing a very important role in terms of providing credit to the real economy and has also been the source of a number of shocks of different kinds....
...How to recapture the shock of the new, the moment when Monet, Renoir, Degas and their friends opened the first Impressionist exhibition on April 15 1874?...
...Israel has been in a state of shock since Hamas’s violent incursion, which officials say left more than 1,400 dead....
...“Rising borrowing costs are putting significant pressure on many smaller businesses, who after three years of economic shocks, are unable to absorb the increases,” said Bharier....
...The proposals sparked shock across Wall Street, followed swiftly by outrage....
...Gordon Gregory, a retired fisherman, describes Starmer as “weak” and “vague”, but adds: “I’ll bet you £1,000 Labour win, it’s 100 per cent nailed on.”...
...If Russia tried to cause maximum damage, for example by blowing up one of the reactors from inside and perhaps blaming Ukraine for the explosion, their actions would shock the world but the radiological...
...Yields had already begun to rise in anticipation of the increased supply, added Gregory Peters, co-chief investment officer of PGIM Fixed Income....
...The west’s shock at the rapidly unfolding events — and its seeming befuddlement at how to respond — should be the moment Washington reminds itself that planning for peace is at least as important as planning...
...If any Bank of England policymakers were wavering ahead of Thursday’s decision to raise interest rates for the 11th time in succession, the shock of February’s inflation data will have stiffened their resolve...
...That's the kind of shock that many of the leaders of the fossil fuel world have essentially been experiencing in the last few years. So they've moved to a more sophisticated messaging tactic....
...Well, efficiency that's a short-term efficiency doesn't respond well to shocks, and surprises, and unexpected pivots....
...The speed and scale of the move in the gilts market was unprecedented, and this is what caused a shock. TOMMY STUBBINGTON: The supply of something goes up. Investors respond by selling it....
...New York state police major Eugene Staniszewski said there was no indication yet on a possible motive for the attack....
...Andrew Bailey, BoE governor, said this was inevitable because there were “important differences between what the UK and Europe were facing in terms of shocks and what the US is experiencing”....
...“We have a big shock to activity in the euro area and it doesn’t make sense to hike at the moment.”...
...However, for most of this year, says Gregory Whiteley, a bond portfolio manager at DoubleLine Capital, it has been anything but straightforward....
...Ruth Gregory, economist at Capital Economics, said “various indicators are telling us . . . that second round effects of the initial inflationary shock could keep inflation beyond the bank’s [2 per cent]...
...Ruth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said the BoE’s mandate was “at least on paper, the least tolerant” of higher inflation compared to Fed, ECB and the BoJ....
...Ruth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said that “by any metric the labour market is still exceptionally tight” and this would put pressure on the BoE to raise interest rates by another...
...Amid the energy shocks this year, I asked Konyn if AIA had any second thoughts on its divestment. “None at all,” he said....
...At the very least, firms and households need reassurance that the central bank fully understands today’s inflationary landscape and is well prepared for the UK’s next economic shock....
...“It is too soon from a portfolio positioning perspective to start really preparing for a recessionary shock,” said Gregory Perdon, co-chief investment officer at Arbuthnot Latham....
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