Britain’s biggest stock broker poised to approve £5.4bn Abu Dhabi-backed takeover
Wind is poised to overtake gas as Britain’s main source of electricity for the first time this year, as the...
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Labour risks higher mortgage bills and worse unemployment, says HSBC
The Bank of England is currently laser-focused on whether inflation is proving particularly stubborn in the services sector. Its panel of...
The EU’s war on Chinese electric cars will sink its once-mighty auto industry
We can argue about whether the Chinese cars are subsidised by the state or are simply manufactured more efficiently by...
Fed forecasts just one rate cuts this year as Powell says inflation fight not over
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has warned the battle to tame inflation is not over as policymakers signalled...
US economy will support global growth of 2.6% this year: World Bank – Firstpost
China, the world’s second-largest economy after the United States, is struggling with the collapse of its real estate market and...
ECB Cuts Rates, US Payrolls Surge
(Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank delivered the interest-rate reduction it’s been flagging for months — moving away from a...
US jobs shock leaves traders reeling as hopes of interest rate cut sink
Thanks for joining me. We begin with data showing house prices stalled between April and May.Average property values fell by...
British bank Standard Chartered accused of handling payments to Hamas
Thanks for joining me. Today we begin with allegations made against Standard Chartered, which are detailed in new US court...
The coming financial storm that governments are powerless to fight
Since the banking system went belly up in the financial crisis of 2008-10, non-bank forms of finance have ballooned, and...
What happens when a Labour Britain meets a semi-fascist Europe?
Britain’s political centre has, by contrast, returned to rude good health. One mild-mannered gentleman will hand over power to another...
