5 d. ago Second inquest into mother’s death after losing benefits hears of debt concerns

Jodey Whiting was housebound but had been called in to be medically assessed and was told she was fit for work, an inquest has heard.

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2 w. ago Jay Slater inquest: Everything we learned about teenager’s death as mother breaks down in tears

The 19-year-old had traces of cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine in his body, according to toxicologists

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2 w. ago Inquest on teenager Jay Slater’s death in Tenerife adjourned after mother’s plea

The 19-year-old from Lancashire vanished on the holiday island last summer.

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2 w. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill heightens concerns over US debt

Investors say Treasury market is already at an ‘inflection point’ as fiscal worries rise

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2 w. ago JP Morgan chief warns of ‘complacency’ as markets look past credit downgrade

Jamie Dimon says possibility of stagflation far higher than investors realize as markets shake off Moody’s triple-A cutJP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon warned on Monday that investors were being too complacent as markets shook off news that the US has lost its last triple-A credit rating amid fresh concern over the federal government’s burgeoning debt pile.Credit ratings agency Moody’s dealt a blow to Washington on Friday when it stripped the US of its top-notch rating, downgrading the world’s largest economy by one notch to AA1 and become becoming the last of the big three agencies to drop its triple-A rating for the US. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US credit rating downgrade could add to pressure on government debt

Loss of Moody’s triple-A rating comes amid concerns about fiscal trajectory and widening budget deficitUS government debt may come under more pressure this week after the credit rating agency Moody’s stripped the US of its top-notch triple-A credit rating.Moody’s dealt a blow to Washington last Friday, when it downgraded the US and warned about rising levels of government debt and a widening budget deficit. Moody’s cut its credit rating on the US by one notch to Aa1 from Aaa, becoming the last of the big three agencies to downgrade the US. Continue reading...

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