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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: US adds 263,000 jobs, house prices fall slightly

Monthly jobs figures in the US will today mean there’s potential for another bout of stock market volatility.

Non-farm payrolls grew 263,000 last month, a stronger figure than forecast, stoking expectations for further big interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve.

The impact of higher borrowing costs appears to have had an impact on the UK property market after Halifax said average house prices declined by 0.1% in September. Annual growth slowed to 9.9% from 11.4% in August.

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