UK gilt selloff triggers pension cash calls in first big test since 2022 crisis
Some British pension funds are being told by asset managers to come up with more cash to support their hedging positions ...
Mortgage rates are not rising yet but Reeves has to act
Reeves has pledged not to borrow to fund day-to-day spending and to get debt falling as a share of national income by the end ...
Growth, jobs, stability and now the pound – Rachel Reeves destroys everything she touches
Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves has the reverse Midas touch. Instead of turning things into gold, she tarnishes everything ...
Potential contenders to replace Trudeau as Canadian prime minister
Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Monday ...
'She's lost the plot': Cabinet alarm over Labour's market chaos with Rachel Reeves warned she is in 'make-or-break territory'… as Chancellor defies backlash to head fo…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is en route to Beijing despite demands to cancel the trip and deal with mounting pressure on the ...
Close bonds
It is not just US markets where the longer-term path of rates appears largely unknown. Expectations for the Bank of England and the European Central Bank in 2026 are equally mooted and have been ...
UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening
UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the ...
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Is now a good time to buy UK housebuilders?
Recent share price falls could make UK housebuilder stocks undervalued, though there is a great deal of market uncertainty to ...
Reeves faces 'difficult decisions' on tax and spending
Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces "difficult decisions" if she wants to meet her self-imposed financial rules after borrowing ...
Trader confidence in sterling takes a dive on bond market turmoil
Traders' confidence in the pound has taken its biggest dive this week since the 2022 UK budget crisis, according to the ...
Tax rise warning after Pound's fall and borrowing costs soar as Rachel Reeves criticised for China trip
Sir John Gieve, former Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, said the Chancellor may have to hike taxes or impose some ...
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One Cheer for Oligarchy
Trump and the DOGE bros make it look bad—but we can thank some oligarchs of centuries past for helping to lay the foundations ...