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Is ethical fashion too slow – or am I just being impatient?
After ordering a £47 dress from an ethical brand, Lucy Thackray found herself waiting weeks for its arrival. Then she had to wait a little longer. In a landscape of endless stock and next-day delivery, will new customers be convinced to give green a go?
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Hiring Slows in April As Unemployment Ticks Up
The Federal Reserve's decision last year to begin jacking up interest rates to cool the economy may finally be taking hold. The latest evidence for that is April's jobs report which shows a huge drop in new jobs added from March's 303,000 to April's 175,000. This raised the unemployment rate to 3.9%.
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RBF: Consumption slows, liquidity steady
Consumer demand has slowed despite an increase in income levels, said the Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) as it yet again kept the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 0.25 per cent for the fifth year running. This, it said, was indicated by lower annual growth in VAT collections and a reduction in consumption loans. Meanwhile,