Lizzie Burden
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1,473 appearances
66 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 2d ago
Lizzie Burden’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 66 in all, peaking in Jan 2026 with 19.
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Beating the estimate of 4.8%.
The Office for National Statistics Director, Economic Statistics, Liz McEwen, says that some softening is still evident in the labour market.
She attributed the small fall in vacancies in the latest period, smaller businesses citing labour and operating costs as reasons for not hiring new staff or replacing levers.
This is volatile data.
We await the guilt market reaction and updated.
Bank of England bets, but in response, the pound is currently uh trading at $1.35 weaker, a tenth of a percent.
China's Premier Li Kiang is calling for more support for the economy after a broad slowdown in growth.
China's number two official says that policymakers should promptly draw up what he called practical and effective additional measures.
Li urged officials to accelerate government funding and to increase support for investment in emerging industries and infrastructure.
The call follows July data showing industrial output, consumption and investment all weakened more than expected.
Staying with tech.
UK businesses say that artificial intelligence is creating new jobs in a sign of a changing economy.
More than half of the employers surveyed by Lloyd's Business Barometer say that the push to harness the new technology is now creating roles.
Beenberg's James Woolcock has more.
Bloomberg News Now · Oil Rises As Iran Deal Hope Dims, Soaring US Debt Costs, More · 18 Aug 2026
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Bloomberg News Now, I'm Lizzie Burden.
Government borrowing costs are surging around the world as long-dated bonds bear the brunt of investor worries over inflation, budget deficits, and AI spending.
The yield on 30-year US debt has riven above 5.3%, the highest since 2007.
French borrowing costs are their highest since 2008, with German yields at twenty eleven levels.
In the UK, 30-year guilt yields are approaching 6%, while their Japanese equivalents are close to an all time.
time high.
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