Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Services helped drive UK private sector output to grow more than expected in March and at the fastest pace in […]
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s statistics agency on Friday paused the publication of two price indices used to help calculate GDP figures, the
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The strength of UK wages is a puzzle for economists — and a growing problem for Bank of England policymakers. Surging inflation, widespread labour shortages and a wave of public sector strikes drove growth in average nominal UK earnings to
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Young Americans’ confidence in the apparatus of government has dropped dramatically to one of the lowest levels in any prosperous country, a Financial Times analysis of Gallup data shows. The Gallup polls, conducted by surveying 70,000 people globally over the
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.1 per cent in January, underscoring the challenge facing chancellor Rachel Reeves as she
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Last week, data indicated that the US trade deficit surged to a record $131.4bn in January, as businesses scrambled to stockpile goods ahead of President Donald Trump’s Schrodinger’s tariffs. American economic data has generally been disappointing, but the worsening news
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK house prices unexpectedly dipped in February, as an uptick in property sales driven by a tax holiday came
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK households are prioritising saving over spending amid concerns about the gloomy economic outlook, despite lower borrowing costs providing some
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. House prices in London failed to grow last year in stark contrast with the rest of the UK, as
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation rose more than expected to 3 per cent in January, highlighting the challenge for the Bank of England
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