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The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were AstraZeneca, down 124.00p at 10,312p, British American Tobacco, down 60.00p at 3,813 ...
The consensus forecasts are for the unemployment rate to remain at 4.6% for May (some economists expect it to rise to 4.7%), ...
The stronger-than-expected US jobs figures today have decreased the chances of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve ...
The UK unemployment rate today increased to 4.7%, the highest level in four years. The figure compared with City forecasts ...
The Fed's Bernanke-era quantitative approach has provided steady economic growth. Click here to find out what remains central ...
What Is the Federal Reserve? The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. Also known as “The Fed,” it is in charge of the country’s monetary ...
The FTSE 100 index closed up 46.09 points, 0.5%, at 8,972.64. The FTSE 250 ended up 164.57 points, 0.8%, at 21,766.43, and the AIM All-Share closed down 3.17 points, 0.4%, at 768.93.