LONDON, Sept 29 Reuters Britain39;s job market has cooled from recent peaks but still remains tight in many areas, recruiters said on Friday, offering mixed messages for the Bank of England as it tries to judge the strength of inflation pressures in the economy. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation REC, a trade body, said job […]

LONDON, Sept 29 Reuters British business confidence declined in September as optimism about the economic outlook faded, a survey showed on Friday, adding to signs of a slowdown in the economy. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, which surveys around 1,200 companies across the economy, fell to 36 from August39;s 18month high of 41. While painting […]

LONDON, Sept 29 Reuters British households are on course to spend 3,500 pounds 4,270 more a year in tax than they would have without the big tax increases introduced over the current parliament, a leading think tank said on Friday. Taxes are likely to amount to 37 of national income when voters go the polls […]

SINGAPORE, Sept 29 Reuters Record volumes of refined products were shipped from Singapore to Mexico in the third quarter on lower U.S. exports to the Latin American country caused by peak summer demand and slow shipping through the Panama Canal, industry sources and analysts say. The trend could continue into the fourth quarter, especially for […]

LONDON, Sept 29 Reuters British gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2023 was 0.2 higher than the quarter before, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a reading showing quarterly growth of 0.2, unchanged from an initial estimate published on Aug. 11. The economy […]

BERLIN, Sept 29 Reuters German import prices recorded in August the largest yearonyear decline since November 1986, the statistics office said on Friday. Import prices decreased by 16.4 year on year in August, in line with analysts39; expectations in a Reuters poll. The large decline is primarily due to a base effect originating from the […]