BLOOMBERG The UK labour market showed some signs of cooling as wage growth slowed for the first time in more than a year. Average earnings growth excluding bonuses fell to 6.5% from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. That’s down from a record outside the pandemic of 6.7% in the previous three-month period. Job vacancies fell ...

BLOOMBERG A selloff in the global financial stocks has paused on Tuesday after a two-day, $465 billion wipeout. A gauge of European bank shares fluctuated between gains and losses and US lenders rebounded in premarket trading, led by a 22% surge in First Republic Bank. Losses widened in Asia, sending an MSCI index of regional financial stocks down 3%. Mitsubishi ...

BLOOMBERG Bitcoin surged 13%, the biggest one-day increase since the wild price swings seen during November’s market turmoil, and shares of crypto companies rallied following moves by US authorities to stem the spread of concern about the health of the nation’s financial system. The rally helped to extend the largest cryptocurrency’s recovery from its worst week in about four months, ...