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...But it has also allowed workers to press for higher wage growth — especially in countries such as the UK where workforce participation still remains well below previous peaks....
...A pause should not be misinterpreted as the peak.”...
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...European stocks rallied as investors hoped that interest rates in the bloc would soon hit their peak....
...McAndrew cautions some over-optimism on the part of buyers, who were surveyed in August, but says the preliminary findings suggest that cross-border trade in art “could reach an historical peak” in 2022....
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...The London art market has faced challenges following Brexit, with its share of global art sales well below a peak of 34 per cent in 2008....
...Melanie Debono, an economist at research group Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the region’s performance would “remain subdued” in the second and third quarters as “softer bank lending pulls down investment...
...It has also started pilot projects for using smart lithium-ion batteries to offload pressure on the grid at times of peak demand....
...That would be higher than the 4 per cent peak for the benchmark rate priced in by futures markets....
...That would overtake the 2001 peak of 3.75 per cent, when the ECB was still trying to shore up the value of the newly launched euro....
...That would overtake the benchmark’s 2001 peak of 3.75 per cent, when the ECB was still trying to shore up the value of the newly launched euro....
...Their display starts by showing how ancient Egypt had — well before Carter’s discovery — captured imaginations and even generated, millennia after its peak, some squeamish practices....
...Has the auction market hit its peak?...
...“Reassuringly, there appears to be a level of discrimination amongst collectors,” says Melanie Clore, co-founder of Clore Wyndham advisory....
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