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...Swap markets are pricing in about 1.6 percentage points of rate cuts by the ECB this year, with a 60 per cent chance of cuts starting in March....
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...Rates on 30-year mortgages have hovered around 6.8 per cent for the past six weeks, according to Freddie Mac....
...But ahead of its earnings, the company’s shares were down 5.6 per cent on Tuesday afternoon, on track for its worst daily performance since May 2023....
...Overall exports for March totalled ¥9.5tn ($61.4bn), while those to China rose 12.6 per cent to ¥1.7tn and US exports climbed 8.5 per cent to ¥1.8tn....
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...Association said the offer included a 4.95 per cent “investment in pay” for the 2023-24 financial year, while the majority of consultants would “also receive an additional uplift of up to 12.8 per cent,...
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