Wall Street and FTSE climb as unexpected US inflation drop raises hopes for interest rate cuts
Wall Street surged higher on Thursday as official figures delayed by the government shutdown showed that the annual…
Dutch Pension Overhaul Risks Creating ‘Basis Trap’ for Banks
Dutch pension funds are expected to unwind interest-rate swap trades as they move to a new investing model,…
Cut interest rates, City AM Shadow MPC tells Bank of England
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Are you planning to buy a property if the Bank of England cuts interest rates?
As 2025 draws to a close, many potential homebuyers are weighing the costs of moving in the new…
Bank of England likely to cut interest rates to lowest level in nearly THREE YEARS next week
Financial markets are pricing in a greater than 90 per cent probability that the Bank of England will…
US interest rates SLASHED but Federal Reserve ‘deeply split’ on future cuts in blow to Donald Trump
The US Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the cost of borrowing across…
Silver Nears Record as US Payrolls Reinforce Fed Rate-Cut Bets
(Bloomberg) — Silver traded near a record high after US payroll data reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve…
World Bank warns developing world ‘not out of danger’ as debt costs hit record
By Libby George LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The gap between developing nations’ debt servicing costs and new…
Markets give a cautious welcome to Reeves’ messy UK budget – POLITICO
“The Chancellor more than doubled her fiscal headroom from around £10 billion to just under £22 billion,” Deutsche…
Oil prices fall on Russia-Ukraine peace deal hopes
Oil prices tumbled on Friday as renewed hopes of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine raised expectations…