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UK GDP data significantly exceeded expectations, but this is of little help to the pound after the release. At the end of the fourth quarter, GDP added 1%, twice as much as expected. The 9.9% fall in 2020 was the.

Britain’s coronavirus-ravaged economy suffered its biggest crash in output in more than 300 years in 2020 when it slumped by 9.9%, but it avoided heading back towards recession at the end of the year and looks on course for a.

Central banks are accelerating their work on digital currencies and investors are taking note. Earlier this year, the Bank of International Settlements published its latest survey showing that 86% of the 65 central banks it spoke to are doing some.

Russia has said it is ready to cut ties with the European Union, according to a fragment of an interview published on Russia’s foreign ministry website Friday morning. The comments mark yet another escalation in tensions between the two sides..

A growing chorus of physicians and public health officials have warned that even with the mass rollout of safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines, the disease may become endemic. White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel and.

The U.K. economy contracted by 9.9% in 2020, its largest annual contraction since the Great Frost of 1709, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged economic activity. In the final quarter of the year, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1%, according.

Market activity has declined markedly and changed little with China leaving for the Lunar New Year celebrations. But we should not be discouraged by the US and European indices’ performance, where the growth impulse seems exhausted. At the very least,.

As the chart shows, the next level of interest is the psychological barrier around $50,000. It’s also the next major Fibonacci level. The 1.618 Fibonacci level is often used as a crucial indicator to predict levels in price discovery. Another.

Investors in high-flying electric carmaker Tesla Inc are questioning whether Elon Musk’s $1.5 billion outlay into bitcoin will be as good for the company as it has been for the cryptocurrency. Tesla’s disclosure on Monday that it had moved nearly.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week, consistent with a recent stalling in the labor market recovery. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled a seasonally adjusted 793,000 for the week ended Feb..

AstraZeneca has reported a 10% rise in product sales for 2020, a year in which the drugmaker has featured prominently for its work developing a coronavirus vaccine, alongside the University of Oxford. The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant reported product sales totaling.

Adyen, the European fintech giant processing payments for the likes of Facebook, Netflix and Uber, isn’t convinced bitcoin can be used as a mainstream form of payment. Pieter van der Does, the firm’s CEO and co-founder, told CNBC that volatility.