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...Consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent, down from 3.4 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said....
...The US economy grew 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter, an upgrade from previous estimates, as consumer spending and nonresidential fixed investment were revised higher....
...Consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in March, down from 3.4 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday....
...Sales at John Lewis were down 4 per cent to £4.8bn. Trading operating profit improved by £170mn to £1bn at Waitrose, while at John Lewis it rose by £13mn to £689mn year on year....
...Billionaire real estate developer Jeff Greene bought credit default swaps during the 2008 financial crisis, rather than shorting them as incorrectly stated in an article in March 3/4’s FT Weekend Magazine...
...Eurozone inflation fell to 2.4 per cent in March, lower than forecast by economists, bolstering hopes that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by the summer....
...The consumer prices index rose by 3.4 per cent last month compared with a 4 per cent year-on-year rate in January, according to the Office for National Statistics....
...The final reading of fourth-quarter growth came in at 3.4 per cent — above previous estimates — as consumer spending and nonresidential fixed investment were both revised higher....
...The numbers exceeded the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s forecast of an annual rate of 3.8 per cent and a 0.4 per cent quarterly rise....
...US inflation fell to 2.4 per cent in the year to January, according to the metric most closely watched by the Federal Reserve, bolstering expectations of rate cuts this year....
...Eurozone inflation fell to 2.4 per cent in March, lower than forecast, bolstering expectations that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by the summer....
...Official data showed last month that easing food prices helped to reduce the official measure of inflation to 3.4 per cent in February from 4 per cent in the previous month....
...“Inflation has not just fallen decisively but is forecast to hit the 2 per cent target within months.” February’s 3.4 per cent rise in CPI compared with a peak of 11.1 per cent in October 2022....
...Excluding gasoline, headline consumer price inflation was 3.2 per cent....
...Specification: Economic Indicators Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Federal Reserve’s target index How does January’s CPI compare...
...The Nasdaq Composite, which rose as much as 1 per cent in early trading, ended the day down 0.2 per cent....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.2 per cent, with Alphabet the only gainer in the Magnificent Seven. The small-cap focused Russell 2000 lost 0.7 per cent....
...The month-on-month core measure reached 0.4 per cent, up from 0.1 per cent in December, while the equivalent rate for headline PCE was 0.3 per cent, up from 0.1 per cent in December but in line with expectations...
...Waitrose is only slightly ahead of M&S in the grocery market, with a 3.6 per cent market share this month versus the latter’s 3.4 per cent, according to data provider NIQ....
...The ECB said after its governing council met in Frankfurt that its benchmark deposit rate would stay at 4 per cent until rate-setters were sure price pressures had stabilised....
...“This last mile of inflation — getting from 3 per cent to 2 per cent — is going to be really hard. Much harder than getting from 9 to 3 per cent.”...
...4.6 percentage points per annum over 50-year holding periods, not 2.3 and 4 percentage points, respectively, as wrongly stated in a Markets Insight column on December 14....
...The euro nudged lower on Thursday, down 0.2 per cent against the dollar at $1.0721, after the European Central Bank’s widely anticipated decision to hold rates at 4 per cent....
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