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Rolling business and financial news, as German sentiment slides again and shares in Italy’s Monte dei Paschi’s are suspended after tumbling 15%
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Despite clean bill of health, Lloyds Banking Group will face scrutiny when it outlines plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs
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Italian central bank defends institutions after Monte dei Paschi di Siena and eight other banks are told to find billions to plug capital shortfalls
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The bank’s aim is to revive economies in the single currency zone that have been hit by a decline in business lending
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Larry Elliott: Upbeat figures on growth, unemployment and inflation are cancelled out by what’s happening to real wage growth, productivity and real interest rates
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The richest 5% of Americans now hold 63% of the country’s wealth, and Janet Yellen is worried
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Europe in turmoil: five years of economic crisis