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Other Labour figures, though, are privately jittery that all this “looks like the leakers have won”, as one put it to me.

Historically, a big jump in rates typically ends in a recession - and the stock market has been jittery over any signs of that the economy is headed for a "hard landing".

Each of those measures is also likely to mean disappointed demographic groups, anxious taxpayers, and jittery new MPs’ email inboxes filling up with complaints.

Soft-spoken, with jittery knees and scuffed Converse sneakers, Calderon could easily be the face of the lawsuit moving through federal court.

Media analyst Ben Barringer at Quilter Cheviot said the limp results add "fuel to the fire" of fears around the American economic slowdown, which left global stock markets jittery over the weekend.