EconomyBritain’s reality check threatens to be nasty, brutish and far from shortMay 25, 202488Instead, both Conservatives and Labour hug a suffocating consensus on tax and spend that substantially ignores the deep structural reforms...
EconomyWhy weaning Britain off foreign workers could come at a high priceMay 25, 2024119Weaning Britain off immigrant workers will come at a price, bosses warn.Rose Carey, a partner at high-end law firm Charles...
FinanceUS pushes for Ukraine aid, united front against China’s trade practices at G7 finance meetingMay 24, 202466FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. sought to build support for squeezing more money for Ukraine out of frozen Russian...
EconomyNeither party has a plan to escape stagnation, and neither has my voteMay 24, 202448Economic growth smashed consensus by coming in at 0.6pc in the first quarter. The early evidence is that April and...
EconomyEconomic growth slows as Britain heads towards electionMay 23, 202495Adding to the positive sentiment, S&P Global’s flash UK PMI also showed the manufacturing sector enjoyed its fastest growth in...
BankingAbrupt shutdown of financial middleman Synapse has frozen thousands of Americans’ depositsMay 22, 2024108The bank accounts of tens of thousands of U.S. businesses and consumers have been frozen in the aftermath of the...
BankingWhy a summer interest rate cut is still in play despite inflation ‘shocker’May 22, 2024109The reaction is a blow for Sunak – but, given Bank of England officials have repeatedly hinted at summer cuts,...
BankingBank of England will cut interest rates in August, says Goldman SachsMay 22, 202491Thanks for joining me. We begin the day with the economic news that has been keenly anticipated by mortgage holders...
BankingUK Fines US Bank Citigroup Over European ‘Flash Crash’May 22, 202478British financial regulators Wednesday fined US bank Citigroup for failures in its trading controls after a "flash crash" incident in...
BankingCiti fined £62m after ‘fat finger’ trade triggered £1.1bn share saleMay 22, 202448Citi has been fined £62m by UK regulators after a “fat finger” trade triggered a flash crash on the European...