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Turkish lira slips as Erdogan calls for interest rate drop
The Turkish lira jumped on Thursday after the country's central banked opted to raise interest rights despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan having called for a cut earlier in the day.
May to reveal no-deal Brexit preparations as DUP backs Tory hardliners
Prime Minister Theresa May is set to hold a special three-hour cabinet meeting to discuss plans for a no-deal Brexit in the increasingly likely case that her Chequers deal is rejected as she loses support from Northern Irish allies the DUP.
EU parliament votes for new internet copyright law
A new copyright legislation gained support from EU lawmakers and could force tech giants such as Facebook and Google to payout billions to publishers.
Workers earnings still 3% below pre-crisis level
Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis, UK worker’s annual wages are still £800 below where they were beforehand, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies revealed on Wednesday.
Unexpected fall in US August factory gate prices
Factory gate inflation in the US eased in August, as food prices continued to ease and energy costs flattened out.
Hurricane Florence to cause huge insurance losses, hit tobacco growers
With Hurricane Florence whipped up to a Category 4 storm as it approaches the US eastern seaboard, analysts and investors saw potential hits incoming for the insurance and tobacco sectors.
China resumes liquidity injections as data disappoints
China's central bank reacted to rising bond yields by injecting 60bn yuan ($8. 8bn) into the country's banking system on Wednesday morning, as data showed a shrinking money supply and fewer new bank loans than expected.
Tory MPs discuss ousting May
Conservative members of parliament reportedly met on Tuesday to discuss whether to force Prime Minister Theresa May to stand down, as a last resort to discard her Brexit Chequers plan.
Commodities: WTI jumps as Florence nears South Carolina, base metals weaker
Commodities were little changed come Tuesday evening, but underneath the surface there were some large price moves going on.
Berenberg starts coverage of BP at 'buy', spies 24% upside
Analysts at Berenberg sounded a 'bullish' note on Big Oil, initiating coverage of BP at 'buy' and setting a target price of 665. 0p.
US small business optimism hits record high in August, NFIB says
Small businesses in America were in high spirits in August, according to the results of a closely-followed survey, with sentiment at its most buoyant in the report's 45-year history.
Megadeals could see biggest M&A boom since financial crisis
The value of global mergers and acquisitions in the first half of the year was the highest level since before the financial crisis of 2007, with 2018 potentially on course for a record year.
German economic sentiment improves in September
German economic sentiment improved in September, according to the latest survey from the ZEW Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim.
Kim Jong Un asks Trump for second meeting
The US and North Korea are in talks to set up a second meeting between leaders Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.
Germany in talks to join allies in possible military role in Syria
Germany is in talks with allies France, the UK and the US on joining a possible military deployment in Syria in the event that the Syrian government uses chemical weapons in Idlib, BILD reported.
Chinese export volumes hold up in August
China's global trade surplus narrowed last month, but widened against the US, with the latter taking some economists by surprise given the trade tariffs recently-imposed by Washington.
Bushveld's Vanadium mine suspended due to strike action
Integrated primary vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals on Friday updated investors on the industrial action the company is facing at its Vametco vanadium mine in South Africa.
US August NFP miss forecasts, but wage growth picks up
US job growth undershot forecasts last month, when revisions to figures for the prior two months are taken into account, even as wage pressures increased at their fastest clip since June 2009.
US labor productivity picks-up as expected in Q2, as does hourly compensation
US labour productivity picked-up noticeably over the second quarter, but not by enough to dampen unit labour cost growth when compared with the same period one year ago.
US private sector adds fewer jobs than expected in August
Private sector employment in the US rose less than expected in August, according to data released by ADP on Thursday.