Category: Relief
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Relief for Homeowners as Major Lenders Reduce Mortgage Rates
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Three major lenders, Barclays, HSBC and TSB, have announced mortgage interest rate cuts on more than 100 deals, providing welcome relief to borrowers who have faced rising interest rates in recent weeks. Barclays will implement major cuts on Friday, cutting fixed interest rates on buy-and-remortgage deals by up to 0.45…
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Relief for workers as firms signal end to pay raise freeze
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Kenya’s private sector payrolls showed signs of growth in April after months of stagnation, indicating increased employment and a positive outlook for future demand for goods and services amid growing concerns about devastating floods. The results of Stanbic Bank Kenya’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey showed that spending on workers’…
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US Stock Futures Gain as Rates Relief Sets In: Markets Wrap
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(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock futures rose as traders took comfort from the Federal Reserve’s signal there is no plan to raise interest rates and looked forward to Apple Inc.’s upcoming earnings. Most read from Bloomberg S&P 500 futures rose 0.7%, with Apple and Amazon.com Inc. Nvidia Corp. gains small in…