UK confidence in financial inclusion plummets despite strengthening economy Money People in the UK are feeling significantly less financially included than they used to be, Morning Wire can reveal, as the pressure of the cost of living crisis continues to weigh on the public . The proportion of people who say they feel financially included in the UK has dropped to only 56 per cent [...]
US unemployment miss: ‘Has the Fed made a policy mistake?’ Economics US unemployment figures missed expectations today, jumping to 4.3 per cent, leaving analysts asking if the Federal Reserve had made a mistake not to cut interest rates on Wednesday.
US jobs report ‘all over the place’ as unemployment ticks up US unemployment The US economy presented a muddled picture in February, as the economy added 275,000 jobs, above expectations of 200,000, while the country’s unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.9 per cent. Wage inflation came in at 4.3 per cent on a yearly basis, below market expectations and January’s figure of 4.4 per cent. [...]