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Art market

A Scottish town bought this bust for £5. Can its museum find £3.1m by 1 December?

Highland Council may sell a 1728 marble bust to a buyer abroad. Invergordon Naval Museum has until 1 December to raise £3.1m and keep it.

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UK housing

England made it easier to fight rent rises. Will UK rent growth stay at 3.8%?

UK rents rose 3.8% in the year to September, the same as in August, the Office for National Statistics says. Its next figure comes on 18 November.

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UK economy

Fewer UK workers go the extra mile. Is productivity still up on a year ago?

A Resolution Foundation report says fewer UK workers will do more than their job asks. The official productivity figure comes on 17 November.

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Central banks

Australia's central bank raised rates a fifth time. Will it stop on 8 December?

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its main rate to 4.85% on 3 November. Three of its nine board members voted to keep it at 4.60%.

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UK economy

A survey says UK factories grew faster in October. Will official figures agree?

A monthly survey of UK factory managers rose to 52.8 in October, a five-month high. Official output figures for October come out on 11 December.

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UK mortgages

UK mortgage approvals fell for a third month. Will October's figure fall again?

The Bank of England says lenders approved 53,400 home loans in September, down from 54,800 in August. October's figure comes out on 30 November.

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UK immigration

UK net migration nearly halved to 171,000. Will it fall again on 26 November?

The Office for National Statistics gives its next figure on 26 November. It counts those who moved to the UK for a year or more, minus those who left.

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US stocks

Tech shares lost nearly $1tn in a week. Will Nvidia keep falling in November?

Nvidia shares fell 3.1% on Friday 30 October, as US technology shares lost nearly $1tn in a week. Nvidia publishes its results on 17 November.

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