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...Economists polled by Reuters expected a month-on-month rise of 0.3 per cent and annual increase of 2.4 per cent....
...Robert Habeck, economy minister, said Germany was seeing “increasing signs that the economy is gradually recovering and the outlook brightening”....
...Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardner said: “There have been some encouraging signs for potential buyers recently with mortgage rates continuing to trend down.”...
...Analysts polled by Reuters had expected an increase of 0.4 per cent....
...Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said: “The decline in borrowing costs around the turn of the year appears to have prompted an uptick in the housing market.”...
...Economists polled by Reuters expect annual wage growth to remain unchanged at 6.2 per cent in the three months to January....
...As Reuters reported last week, China’s central bank has told state-owned banks to stretch out LGFV debt at lower rates, and not to classify certain loans as non-performing....
...Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.4 per cent fall....
...A letter from her early days in Bolton Castle was in the autograph collection of Robert Schuman, the former French foreign minister who, as founder of the European coal and steel community, is seen as one...
...Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.4 per cent month on month fall and a 4.8 per cent annual contraction....
...The figure was much higher than the 0.1 per cent increase forecast by economists polled by Reuters and took the average house price to £257,656....
...Media will be a strong theme here with results from Fox, News Corp, Disney, Thomson Reuters and The New York Times Company....
...Engine AI’s Robert Buckland explains....
...We’re not sure, as of now, how significant either event is, but we welcome your thoughts: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Take a break from the news FT Magazine has a new advice column, and its agony aunt/uncle is none other than Robert Shrimsley....
...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Roberts says he isn’t sure. “Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I feel one way. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, another,” he tells Scoles. “Sunday, I drink.”...
...But as he nears retirement, he is still looking for a large deal to seal his legacy, Reuters Breakingviews writes....
...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. Will China be forced to stimulate?...
...Retail sales expanded 7.6 per cent year on year last month, according to official statistics released on Wednesday, compared with forecasts of 7 per cent in a Reuters poll of economists and up from a 5.5...
...Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts intends to drive a hard bargain, however....
...In January, Bigelow told Reuters that he enjoyed a two-hour dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago — and committed $1mn to the ex-president’s legal fees and $20mn to the 2024 bid....
...Its shares have climbed 5 per cent since Friday when Reuters reported that Starboard was taking on the Murdochs. The hedge fund has not disclosed the size of its stake in News Corp....
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