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Benjamin Chiou

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🇲🇾 🇬🇧 Freelance writer, editor and editorial consultant. Former editor @couriermedia and @raconteur. benjaminchiou1@gmail.com

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Europe close: Stocks mixed as strong US data fuels rate hike expectations

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By Benjamin Chiou Verified
| Sharecast.com
The pan-European Stoxx 600 benchmark settled 0.1% higher, with flat finishes in London and Zurich met with losses in Milan (-0.3%) and Paris (-0.1%) and gains in Frankfurt (+0.2%). US non-farm payrolls came in hotter than expected in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, rising by 162,000 against economists' expectations for a 53,000 increase.
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UK firms cite easing price pressures as wage growth holds steady

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By Benjamin Chiou Verified
| Sharecast.com
The survey, which was conducted between 7 and 21 August, showed realised annual own-price growth fell to 3.7% in the three months to August, from 3.8% in the three months to July, while firms' expectations for their own-price inflation over the coming year also eased by 0.1 percentage points to 3.8%. Expectations for broader consumer price inflation fell more sharply, with year-ahead CPI inflation expectations declining to 3.1% from 3.4% the month before.
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Eurozone retail sales see largest decline in 14 months

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By Benjamin Chiou Verified
| Sharecast.com
The seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade declined 0.6% month-on-month, compared with expectations for a 0.3% increase. June's reading was upwardly revised to show growth of 0.2%. The July contraction was the steepest monthly fall since May 2025, when retail trade volumes declined sharply. The weakness was driven primarily by non-food products, where sales volumes dropped 1.4% compared with June.
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