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UK unemployment unexpectedly rises to 5% as firms squeezed by Iran war

rate that City economists had expected to hold. More up-to-date tax data showed the number of payrolled employees dropped sharply in April, falling by 100,000, after a 28,000 decline in March

'Bit of pain' worth long-term security from Iran, Bessent tells BBC

GDP would be if a nuclear weapon hit London... I am saying that I am less concerned about short-term forecasts, for long-term security," he said. At the start of the war, Iran

Voters will judge Trump on the economy - how is it doing?

global energy shock on a par with the oil crises of the 1970s, driving up prices of everything from fuel to groceries. Despite piling additional pressure on already hard-pressed Americans, the latest GDP figures