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EUR/USD retreats towards 1.0350 amid risk aversion ahead of EU inflation, says Fed's Powell

EUR/USD retreats towards 1.0350 amid risk aversion ahead of EU inflation, says Fed’s Powell

EUR/USD begins the week’s trading session with a bearish spread. Worries surrounding Russia’s oil price cap, China’s Covid conditions are weighing on prices. ECB’s Makhlouf teases smaller interest rate hikes in 2023. Risk catalysts are key ahead of inflation numbers, Fed Chairman Powell’s speech and the US jobs report. EUR/USD remains under pressure around 1.0380, …

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EUR/USD retreats towards 1.0350 amid risk aversion ahead of EU inflation, says Fed's Powell

EUR/USD retreats towards 1.0350 amid risk aversion ahead of EU inflation, says Fed’s Powell

EUR/USD begins the week’s trading session with a bearish spread. Worries surrounding Russia’s oil price cap, China’s Covid conditions are weighing on prices. ECB’s Makhlouf teases smaller interest rate hikes in 2023. Risk catalysts are key ahead of inflation numbers, Fed Chairman Powell’s speech and the US jobs report. EUR/USD remains under pressure around 1.0380, …

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Juliana Nehme, social media influencer

Plus-size Brazilian model stopped boarding ‘because he was too tall’ had been ‘aggressive’

A furious plus-size model who said she was prevented from boarding a Qatar Airways flight because she was too tall was ‘extremely rude and aggressive towards check-in staff’, the airline has told MailOnline. Social media influencer Juliana Nehme, 38, has accused the Middle Eastern airline of discriminating against her because of her size, saying she …

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XAUUSD teases bears around $1,770 amid risky markets

XAUUSD teases bears around $1,770 amid risky markets

Gold prices remain under pressure after reversing from yesterday’s three-month high. Slightly bid on the US Dollar, firmer Treasury yields favor XAUUSD bears in gloomy sentiment. The downside breakout of the 15-day-old bullish channel teases sellers. The price of gold (XAUUSD) maintains yesterday’s bearish bias around $1,773 despite market gloom on Thursday morning. The yellow …

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(Stock image) Disputes between employers and their staff have increased as more people seek to work from home for at least part of the week

Disputes arise between workers and bosses over flexible work requests, so do you know YOUR rights?

Disputes are rising between workers and bosses over flexible working demands amid rows over working from home – so do you know YOUR rights? Conflicts have arisen between employers and staff over working from home Many employees now have the option to work flexibly for part of the week Companies must consider work-from-home requests but …

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AUDUSD momentum stalls as markets take stock

AUDUSD momentum stalls as markets take stock

Daily Currency Update The Australian dollar failed to extend last week’s rise, falling slightly and dropping US$0.67 during a relatively quiet start to the week. Investors appeared reluctant to extend gains made following a failed U.S. CPI cut last week, paring gains amid comments from top Fed officials. While acknowledging that inflation was finally moving …

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Britain locked out of post-Covid jobs recovery as early retirements rise

Britain locked out of post-Covid jobs recovery as early retirements rise

Britain will next year be the only developed country with fewer people in work than before the Covid crisis after a rise in early retirement and health problems, experts have said. The employment rate in the UK is still 1 percentage point below its pre-pandemic level and is unlikely to rebound in 2023, according to …

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NatWest counts cost of 'unenforceable' Covid loan error

NatWest counts cost of ‘unenforceable’ Covid loan error

NatWest to miss a wave of interest payments on Covid loans after telling borrowers their debts are unenforceable in court. The bank has written to around 150 business customers in recent weeks to tell them they will not be charged interest on their coronavirus business interruption loans (CBIL), The Telegraph can reveal. The FTSE 100 …

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The catastrophic consequences of confinement are revealed

The catastrophic consequences of confinement are revealed

As the UK’s Covid-19 investigation slowly shifts into evidence-gathering mode, this is the question many of us would most like to see answered. Over £300bn of public spending directly linked later, and with the economy itself now clearly suffering from a long Covid-induced lockdown, wouldn’t we have been better off with something less doctrinaire and …

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