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BankingUK pay growth speeds up, adding to worries for bank of England
Morning bid: Risk-wary markets count down to payrolls
Date: December 6, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Risk sentiment took a hit in Asia on Friday from renewed political rumblings in South Korea, rattling investors’ nerves as they awaited a crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report that could alter the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month....
German job market continues losing steam, labour institute says
Date: December 5, 2024
BERLIN (Reuters) – Job vacancies in Germany have been on a downward trend for two years, showing a decline in labour demand that reflects the economic slowdown in Europe’s biggest economy, according to data from an economic institute released on Thursday. In the third quarter, there were 1.28 million job vacancies, down from a record...
US labor market steadily cooling amid higher job openings, low layoffs
Date: December 4, 2024
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. But the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed employers hesitant to...
US job openings rise in October, layoffs decrease
Date: December 3, 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased moderately in October while layoffs declined, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, had risen 372,000 to 7.744 million by the last day of October, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings...
Shift to new UK job market survey may be delayed to 2027, ONS says
Date: December 3, 2024
By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s statistics agency cautioned on Tuesday that the shift to its new, improved labour market survey may be pushed back to as late as 2027, dealing a fresh blow to the Bank of England as it tries to assess inflationary pressures in the economy. The Office...
Italy’s economy stagnates in Q3, pointing to weak 2024
Date: December 2, 2024
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s economy stagnated in the third quarter from the previous three months due to a slump in exports and investments, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Monday, confirming provisional data. On a year-on-year basis, third quarter gross domestic product was up 0.4%, also confirming ISTAT’s flash estimate on Oct. 30. The breakdown...