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Over the past three years, property prices have risen by 5.7 per cent, Halifax said

Property values jumped by 0.7% month-on-month typically in January, Halifax said.

A wartime boom in Russia has given way to sluggish growth, tax hikes and squeezed public services. Will it affect the conflict in Ukraine?

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed down -1.23%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.38%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) fell -1.23%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The ECB kept rates unchanged as inflation fell to 1.7%. Christine Lagarde said policy is “in a good place”, downplaying the undershoot as temporary, while stressing data dependence, balanced risks and the need for EU reforms to support growth.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) rose to a 1.5-week high on Thursday and finished up by +0.23%. Thursday's stock selloff boosted liquidity demand for the dollar. Also, hawkish comments from Fed Governor Lisa Cook supported the dollar when she said she now sees "risks as tilted toward higher inflation." Gains...

There has been a spate of articles and commentary in recent days calling on the Australian government to reduce spending.

Here, the Press Association examines what the decision means and what the Bank expects to happen to the economy.

Opposition MPs have grilled Reserve Bank officials over whether government spending and monetary policy errors contributed to the first rate hike in two years.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -1.30%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.25%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.49%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) are down -1.29%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

It came as the central bank also warned that economic growth is now set to be weaker than previously expected.