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The U.K. economy entered a technical recession in the final quarter of last year.

The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, derived from actual credit card spending data from Affinity Solutions, rose 1.06% in February, when excluding autos and gas.

Inflation rose again in February, keeping the Fed on course to wait at least until the summer before starting to lower interest rates.

On a year-over-year basis, headline inflation is expected to show a 3.1% gain and core inflation a 3.7% increase in February.

At the three-year range, expectations rose 0.3 percentage point to 2.7%, while the five-year outlook jumped even more, up 0.4 percentage point to 2.9%.

In a CNBC interview, Trump cited both economic and political benefits from targeting foreign goods entering the U.S.

The earnings come after the Saudi government transferred an additional 8% of Aramco shares, worth $164 billion, to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Black women saw their labor force participation rate rise to 63.4% from 62.9%, and their unemployment rate slide to 4.4% from 4.8%.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 198,000 in February, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.

The nonfarm payrolls report is expected to show growth of 198,000 and the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%.

The total of 84,638 planned cuts showed an increase of 3% from January and 9% from a year ago.

Staff at the euro zone's central bank released their closely-watched macroeconomic projections Thursday.

Private sector job growth improved during February as the U.S. labor market showed strength across a variety of sectors.

Egypt's pound hit a record low against the dollar on Wednesday after its central bank hiked interest rates by 600 points and devalued the currency.

The annual February figures came in above analyst expectations, with hotels, cafes and restaurants noting the highest inflation increase.

Economists expect U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt to use a small fiscal windfall to deliver a modest package of tax cuts at his Spring Budget on Wednesday.

The headline figure previously came in at 2.8% in January, with further easing expected after price rises cooled in Germany, France and Spain.

The core PCE price index was expected to increase 0.4% in January on a monthly basis and 2.8% from a year ago.

The personal consumption expenditures price index could add to evidence that inflation is stickier than some had thought.

Looking at the state of Black employment in America tells a mixed story.