Jan 8, 2025 | Markets
Chancellor to reaffirm her fiscal rules in speech this month Treasury under fresh pressure from soaring borrowing costs Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will favor fresh cuts to public spending over tax hikes if soaring UK borrowing costs wipe out her fiscal...
Jan 8, 2025 | Markets
US 20-year bond yield crosses threshold last seen in 2023 Inflationary angst, the fiscal trajectory, rattles markets The selloffs that keep flaring in the world’s bond markets are pushing yields toward key thresholds amid escalating worries about elevated inflation,...
Jan 8, 2025 | Markets
Central bank chief speaks as government reworks 2025 budget Villeroy says France-Germany spread has widened dangerously Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said the government must be as ambitious as possible with budget cuts to tackle the “chronic...
Jan 8, 2025 | Markets
Rising yields are in a ‘negative feedback loop’: Schroders Stocks and pound sink as traders pull away from UK assets Plunging UK markets are serving a fresh warning about the British economy and heaping pressure on Keir Starmer’s embattled Labour government. While UK...
Jan 8, 2025 | Markets
The military’s jamming of navigational signals has undercut an agricultural formula that’s heavily dependent on advanced technologies. When a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah went into effect in late November, 67-year-old Itzhik Cohen...
