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Surge in US hiring surprises markets

WASHINGTON: US job gains surged unexpectedly last month as unemployment slipped to its lowest rate in more than five decades, government data showed on Friday, despite efforts to cool economic activity.

Bangkok Post · Feb 3, 2023

U.S. economy adds whopping 517,000 jobs in January

The numbers are more than double the 190,000 forecasters anticipated.

Axios · Feb 3, 2023

Bank of England must not push interest rates too high, its chief economist says

Inflation should be back within Bank’s 2% target range by middle of 2024, Huw Pill adds

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

The figure that shows why teachers are on strike in Wales

Experts have looked at teachers pay in the last 13 years

Wales Online · Feb 3, 2023

Tory backbenchers plan to put pressure on Hunt to cut childcare costs

Exclusive: Group led by Siobhan Baillie want chancellor to use budget to relax rules and eliminate business rates for nurseries

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Have hope: Sunak says he can get the economy growing this year

Mr Sunak, in an interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV, insisted he could deliver the five priorities he has set for the nation.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

COVID Stimulus Spending Played 'Sizable Role' in Inflation

Fiscal stimulus during the pandemic contributed to an increase in inflation of about 2.6 percentage points.

Reason · Feb 2, 2023

Sunak refuses to even utter the word crisis. But how else to describe his first 100 days?

Inertia on the NHS and obstinacy on strikes have left the equivocating PM clinging to a life raft, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

UK heading for recession - but won't be as bad as expected, says Bank of England

The Bank of England warned that an economic slump is looming but it will be shorter and shallower than predicted thanks to falling energy prices and inflation starting to ease

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

How opposition leaders praised Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2023

NEW DELHI: While leaders of the ruling BJP-led NDA are gloating over the budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, some opposition leaders unexpectedly have also praised it.

The Times of India · Feb 2, 2023