5 h. ago Asian shares mixed after Wall Street gets a lift from hopes for a Fed rate cut

Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks rallied

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30 h. ago Asian shares mostly gain and US futures also advance after Wall St ends with gains

Asian shares are mostly higher and U.S. futures have advanced after an upbeat end to last week on Wall Street

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3 d. ago US stocks steady after top Fed official signals openness to rate cut

John Williams says there is ‘room for a further adjustment’ in borrowing costs

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3 d. ago US stocks rise after top Fed official signals openness to rate cut

John Williams says there is ‘room for a further adjustment’ in borrowing costs

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3 d. ago US stock futures rise after top Fed official signals openness to rate cut

Wall Street equities slid in previous session amid persistent worries over AI valuations

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5 d. ago Asian shares surge as Nvidia's strong quarterly earnings lift sentiments

Asian shares have surged after Nvidia reported stronger than expected quarterly earnings, soothing worries that AI-driven stock prices may have shot too high

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5 d. ago Federal Reserve officials ‘strongly’ divided on December rate cut

Minutes from central bank’s October meeting pointed to schism on direction of monetary policy

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6 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 19 November: Inflation dip fuels rate cut bets, WH Smith boss quits

Inflation fell to 3.6% last month as official figures today provided a pre-Budget boost for Rachel Reeves.

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6 d. ago London stocks sink in global rout on Fed rate cut, valuation jitters

London stocks sink in global rout on Fed rate cut, valuation jitters  Reuters

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6 d. ago Crypto market sheds more than $1tn in six weeks amid fears of tech bubble

Bitcoin price at lowest level since April while FTSE 100 falls as Google boss warns there is ‘irrationality’ in AI boomBusiness live – latest updatesMore than $1tn (£760bn) has been wiped off the value of the cryptocurrency market in the past six weeks amid fears of a tech bubble and fading expectations for a US rate cut next month.Tracking more than 18,500 coins, the value of the crypto market has fallen by a quarter since a high in early October, according to the data company CoinGecko. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Wall Street reins in rate cut bets due to inflation concerns

Market expectations of further easing in December have almost halved as a split among Fed officials appears to widen

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1 week ago Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bnThis is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult thingsBritain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK GDP: Grim figures ‘pave way’ for interest rate cut just days before Christmas

“Suddenly the chances of an interest rate cut before Christmas are on a par with the likelihood of mince pies and syrupy TV ads” – James Bentley, Financial Markets Online

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2 w. ago London hit hardest as unemployment reaches highest in a decade outside the pandemic

Grim landmark makes a December interest rate cut from the Bank of England a near certainty

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 11 November: Index surges 1% to new record, Vodafone dividend cheer

Weaker-than-expected labour market figures today boosted the chances of a December interest rate cut.

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 11 November: Index record run continues, pound weakens as jobless rate hits 5%

Weaker-than-expected labour market figures today boosted the chances of a December interest rate cut.

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2 w. ago London hit hardest as unemployment reaches post pandemic high of 5%

Grim landmark makes a December interest rate cut from the Bank of England a near certainty

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2 w. ago Asian shares are mostly lower despite Wall St rally and a potential end to the US shutdown

Asian shares are mostly lower as a rebound fueled by buying of technology shares loses steam

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2 w. ago The account that could give you £38k more free cash compared to high street bank – and you don’t have to lift a finger

YOU could be missing out on tens of thousands of pounds of extra cash by sticking all of your savings into a normal savings account. Investing your money can get you much greater returns in the long run - but it can be tricky to know where to start. Recent research by Wealthify found 70%...

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2 w. ago British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain

Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world warBritish Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.The My Family Legacy project, backed by the Royal British Legion, is building an online archive of Asian veterans’ experiences to raise awareness of the shared histories and sacrifices of Britain’s diverse communities. Continue reading...

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