富时100指数周二基本持平，在投资者权衡企业新闻和经济数据后，在连续两天上涨后暂停。阿斯利康（-0.8%）、汇丰银行（-0.4%）、联合利华（-1.4%）、英美烟草（-1.9%）和葛兰素史克（-3%）等主要股票的下跌拖累了该指数，尽管壳牌（+1.4%）、瑞克斯（+1%）和劳斯莱斯（+1.6%）上涨。Entain领涨，在瑞银将这家博彩公司评级为“买入”后飙升超过6%，理由是其强劲的基本表现和扭亏为盈的潜力。在宏观方面，英国失业率上升至4.5%，为2021年以来的最高水平，而工资增长放缓。这些数据强化了人们的预期，即随着劳动力市场降温的迹象增加，英格兰银行可能会继续降息。混合信号让投资者保持谨慎，使富时100指数保持在狭窄的交易区间内。

The FTSE 100 was mostly flat on Tuesday, pausing after two days of gains as investors weighed corporate news and economic data. Losses in major stocks such as AstraZeneca (-0.8%), HSBC (-0.4%), Unilever (-1.4%), British American Tobacco (-1.9%), and GlaxoSmithKline (-3%) dragged on the index, despite gains from Shell (+1.4%), Relx (+1%), and Rolls-Royce (+1.6%). Entain led the gainers, soaring over 6% after UBS upgraded the betting firm to “buy,” citing strong underlying performance and potential for a turnaround. On the macro front, UK unemployment rose to 4.5%, the highest since 2021, while wage growth slowed. These figures reinforced expectations that the Bank of England may move forward with interest rate cuts, as signs of a cooling labor market increase. The mixed signals left investors cautious, keeping the FTSE 100 in a narrow trading range.

英国央行的药丸：可能需要更积极和持久的努力来降低通胀。英国央行首席经济学家Huw Pill在今天的新闻发布会上警告称，将通胀率恢复到2%的目标可能比预期的更困难。因此，Pill表示，央行可能需要以“更积极或更持久”的方式做出回应，以确保通胀在合理的时间框架内得到控制。

BoE's Pill: May require more aggressive and persistent effort to bring down inflation.Speaking at a press conference today, BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill warned that returning inflation to the 2% target may prove more difficult than anticipated. Hence, Pill said the central bank may need to respond in a “somewhat more aggressive or more persistent” way to ensure inflation is brought under control within a reasonable time frame.

随着英国劳动力市场降温，英镑面临压力。周二，在英国（UK）公布截至3月的三个月劳动力市场数据后，英镑（GBP）对同行持谨慎态度。国家统计局（ONS）报告称，国际劳工组织的失业率从截至2月的三个月的4.4%加速至4.5%，正如预期的那样。

Pound Sterling comes under pressure as UK labor market cools down.The Pound Sterling (GBP) trades with caution against its peers on Tuesday after the release of the United Kingdom (UK) labor market data for the three months ending March. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the ILO Unemployment Rate accelerated to 4.5%, as expected, from 4.4% in the three months ending February.

英格兰银行的Pill表示，利率可能需要保持高位。英格兰银行首席经济学家Huw Pill周二表示，他担心英国的通货膨胀率比央行预期的要强，利率可能需要保持在高于投资者预期的水平。

Bank of England's Pill says interest rates might need to stay high.Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Tuesday that he was worried about inflation in Britain proving stronger than expected by the central bank and interest rates might need to stay higher than investors are thinking.