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...The figure was higher than the 3.1 per cent forecast by economists polled by Reuters and by the Bank of England....
...CPI had risen to 3.2 per cent in February from 3.1 per cent in January....
...Moreover, its two core businesses, institutional securities and money management, should eventually generate mid-teens RoEs “through the cycle”....
...Inflation remains above the central bank’s target range of 1-3 per cent. Rents, housing and energy were the principal drivers of inflation, offsetting cheaper transport....
...Economists polled by Bloomberg had expected the annual rise in consumer prices to remain unchanged from January’s rate of 3.1 per cent....
...The “core” price consumption expenditures figure rose 2 per cent during the fourth quarter, matching the advance estimate but 0.1 percentage point below the second estimate....
...That left headline inflation lower than the 3.5 per cent rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists....
...This was in line with analysts’ expectations and down from January’s 0.3 per cent monthly growth....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1 per cent....
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...Even excluding these, orders still fell 2.1 per cent in January. January’s decline was almost double the 6 per cent fall forecast by economists in a Reuters poll....
...The figure was slightly higher than the 3.1 per cent forecast by economists polled by Reuters and the Bank of England and above the BoE’s 2 per cent target....
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...IAG on Thursday reported operating profits for 2023 that were more than double the €1.3bn the year before, and ahead of the €3.3bn in 2019, the last year before the pandemic disrupted aviation....
...The carmaker earned an adjusted $2.6bn before interest and taxes, compared to $3.4bn in the first quarter of 2023. Revenue grew 1.3 per cent to just under $43bn....
...The headline consumer price index figure fell to 3.1 per cent, marginally below October’s 3.2 per cent....
...Chief executive Roisin Currie said the company was on track to double sales by 2026 and to have “significantly more than 3,000 shops in the UK over the longer term”....
...French inflation figures released on Thursday showed a smaller than expected slowdown to 3.1 per cent in February....
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...Gross domestic product grew 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, the commerce department said on Wednesday, down from its initial estimate of 3.3 per cent....
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