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    Policymakers considered the possibility US labour market could improve further this year

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
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    Australia pins hopes on new wave of industrialisation

    High-tech manufacturing emerges as solution to reduce nation’s reliance on mining for exports

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    Employment soars but poor productivity hits wage increases

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    2019: Boris Johnson wins an election and challenges the EU while proroguing becomes a dirty word

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
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    December data undershoots forecasts although there are some signs that sentiment is improving

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
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    A carnival of commerce despoils the tourist trail

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
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  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
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    Sentiment boosted after China’s central bank pumps $115bn into financial system

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
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    Cautious households risk pain as wealth stashed in cash and current accounts hits €1.8tn

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    UK manufacturing
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    Gloom deepened at the end of 2019 amid political uncertainty, according to PMI survey

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
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    Canada’s farmers struggle to reap gains from EU free trade deal

    Two years on, effects of landmark pact offer lessons for the UK ahead of Brexit

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
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