Biggest UK house price jump since 2006; Nikkei’s highest year-end close since 1989

The weekly claims numbers, a proxy for layoffs, have fallen steadily a lot of the yr. Employers are reluctant to let employees go at a time when it’s so robust to seek out replacements. The USA had a near-record 11 million job openings in October, and 4.2 million People give up their jobs — simply off September’s report 4.4 million — as a result of there are such a lot of alternatives.