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Staff appointments continue to rise markedly during March Starting salary inflation remains sharp, driven by further decline in candidate availability Growth in demand for staff softens but remains...

FTSE ends day’s trading in positive territory as miners recoverThe FTSE 100 traded up 0.97% at 7,264.43 just before the close Tuesday as mining companies recovered from Monday’s sharp...

EuropeEuropean markets are set to finish higher today after Chinese president Xi Jinping said he is willing to open up the Chinese economy even further. The remarks were made overnight at the...

The European markets remained buoyant in the aftermath of President Xi’s openness-eyeing speech, with the prospect of some sizeable growth to come from the US session likely to keep the gains...

Markets Rally As U.S.-China Tensions EaseThis morning, there has been marked improvement in sentiment amongst traders with stocks rallying following some soothing rhetoric concerning the recent trade...

Over the last few days, both Brazilian stocks and the real suffered major losses amid heightened uncertainties about the upcoming presidential elections.On Monday, the Bovespa index fell 1.78% to...

While European markets managed to eke out small gains yesterday, the early buying momentum soon gave way to rising nervousness about further geopolitical concerns after the US imposed wide ranging...

US Futures Pare Losses As Trade Conflict Rumbles On There is a hope that Tuesday’s speech may contain some commitments that will help kick start negotiations between the world’s two...

Perfect Storm passingThe three pillars that have been supporting sterling’s recent rally could be starting to crumble a little. First the services data released last week could simply be a...

You might love them or loathe them but the inescapable fact is that the UK’s recent snow days have had a big impact on business. The latest surveys suggest only manufacturers managed to escape...

Donald Trump’s claim on Sunday that he ‘will always be friends, no matter what happens’ with President Xi, however hilarious, has proved to be something of a salve for the markets,...

Steep declines on Wall Street have been shrugged off in Asian markets overnight and European shares look set for a positive open. US shares had initially held up relatively after President Donald...

After another volatile week for stock markets it was the turn of US markets to underperform, finishing lower, but crucially off their lows and more importantly above their 200-day MA’s. This is...

UK employment, wage, house price and output data FOMC minutes and inflation update Eurozone industrial production and inflation numbers South Korea policy decision The week sees economic news that...