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Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images The first official data in weeks on the US job market is out, and it showed a surprising pick-up in hiring after a lacklustre summer. Employers added 119,000 jobs in September, more than double what many analysts had expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%, the…
Pubs to get support package after business rates backlash
Pubs and music venues in England will be given a 15% discount on their business rates bills from April and will not see increases for two years, the government announced. Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson said the three-year package was worth £1,650 for the average pub. It comes after a backlash against November’s Budget, which left…
US Fed holds interest rates and defends central bank independence
Two Fed officials voted in favour of an interest rate cut – Stephen Miran, who is on leave from his post at the White House where he leads Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, and Christopher Waller, a Trump appointee whose name has been floated as contender to succeed Powell.
