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France's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since 2008, official data showed on Friday, giving a welcome boost to Emmanuel Macron's economic credentials less than two months from a presidential election. But there is controversy over how the government counts its job-seekers.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Nuclear energy currently provides about 70 per cent of French electricity, a higher proportion than in any other country

It comes after regulator Ofgem announced it would increase the energy price cap to its highest level

'We know that these changes, driven by global gas prices, will not be welcome news for customers'

EDF's announcement follows the collapse of two dozen suppliers due to soaring wholesale energy costs and comes as households face the biggest cost of living squeeze in decades

Art Cooley, a longtime activist who co-founded the Environmental Defense Fund, has died

Sunday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Stone Harbor Emerging (NYSE:EDF).

Letter: Former Labour MP Derek Wyatt points out three critical issues surrounding the government’s £100m investment in EDF’s nuclear power plant

Government’s cash injection is designed to ‘maximise investor confidence’ while the company courts private investors

The US Federal Reserve is setting the stage to raise interest rates in March, in a bid to combat elevated inflation. It's also taking further steps to phase out its emergency support of the US economy. Nancy Vanden Houten, Lead US Economist at Oxford Economics, tells us America's central bank…