Mary A. Rockett

Cuckooland — Tom Burgis on the abuse of power and influence

...Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth by Tom Burgis William Collins £18.99, 320 pages Mary Fitzgerald is a program director at the Open Society Foundations Join our online book group on Facebook at...

March 13, 2024

US Treasury bonds

Bond giant Pimco favours gilts over US Treasuries amid inflationary pressure

...Balls said his funds had a larger than normal position in gilts and he was not worried about a potential borrowing splurge ahead of a general election....

March 26, 2024

FT Live

Building a Personal Wealth Plan

Capitalising on market shifts and innovations in fintech

Gilts

Private investors ramp up gilt purchases

...When Hargreaves Lansdown experienced the first maturity of a gilt that was widely owned on its platform last year, “we saw a significant percentage of clients reinvesting back into other gilts”, said Lee...

April 12, 2024

News updates from April 11: ECB keeps interest rates on hold; OJ Simpson dies aged 76

Traders reduce bets on ECB interest rate cuts

...Traders in swaps markets are betting on fewer than three quarter-point rate cuts by the ECB this year after strong US inflation data on Wednesday prompted a sharp repricing in interest rate expectations....

April 11, 2024

UK GDP

UK economy grew by 0.1% in February

...The UK economy grew for the second month in a row in February, driven by expansion in manufacturing and raising hopes the UK is emerging from a technical recession....

April 12, 2024

InterviewMary Perkins

Specsavers founder Mary Perkins: ‘I spent the weekend writing 500 birthday cards’

...Mary Perkins jokes that if you were to cut Specsavers’ workers open, “they’ve got green blood”....

April 7, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

News updates from April 11: ECB keeps interest rates on hold; OJ Simpson dies aged 76

Euro nudges lower as ECB hold rates at 4 per cent

...Interest rate sensitive two-year German Bund yields — a benchmark for the eurozone — held steady at 2.98 per cent, up 0.02 percentage points on the day....

April 11, 2024

US Dollar

Dollar has strongest week since 2022 as investors reverse bets on rate cuts

...of a record close....

April 12, 2024

UK economy

Tory election hopes fade with prospects for interest rate cuts

...That poses a potential problem for Hunt and Sunak, who hoped the BoE would start cutting interest rates well before a general election, widely expected in the autumn....

April 11, 2024

US interest rates

Investors wrongfooted as ‘higher for longer’ rates return to haunt markets

...For Pgim’s Peters, “a stronger economy with a little inflation isn’t such a bad backdrop for corporate America . . . if you just forget everything else and focus on the fundamentals, I think the fundamental...

April 13, 2024

Eurozone interest rates

ECB keeps interest rates on hold at 4% in contested decision

...Asked if Thursday’s decision to keep rates on hold was unanimous, she said “a few members felt sufficiently confident” to argue for a cut....

April 11, 2024

Sovereign bonds

Big investors buy European bonds over US Treasuries as economies diverge

...He added that this was partly due to the US having a relatively closed economy and heavy government spending....

April 10, 2024

UK employment

UK wage growth continues to slow

...Paul Dales, chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said the easing in pay growth was “probably still a bit too slow for the Bank of England’s liking”, although there were “signs that a...

March 12, 2024

Budget 2024: As it happened

Markets shrug off higher UK borrowing plans

...Traders in swaps markets continue to bet on a likely 0.25 percentage-point Bank of England interest rate cut by August and two or three cuts by the end of the year....

March 6, 2024

News in-depthGold

Gold’s mystery rally baffles analysts

...“Previously when we have had a rally of $70 to $80, it is usually accompanied by a new catalyst or risk event,” said Suki Cooper, analyst at Standard Chartered....

March 12, 2024

FT Live

Global Banking Summit

The world's top gathering of leaders in finance

US interest rates

US investors turn more cautious than Fed on 2024 rate cuts

...“But we’re going to need to see data like [inflation] next week that will corroborate the pushback to [a June cut].”...

April 2, 2024

News updates from March 21: US accuses Apple of building a smartphone monopoly; Reddit soars in New York IPO

Sterling nudges lower after Bank of England rate decision

...Sterling extended early losses against the dollar to trade down 0.4 per cent on the day at $1.273 after the Bank of England held rates at a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent for the fifth consecutive meeting...

March 21, 2024

Gold

Gold price surges to record high

...Tuesday’s move represents a continuation of a rally triggered on Friday by growing hopes of a Federal Reserve rate cut in June following weaker economic data....

March 5, 2024

Budget 2024: As it happened

Banks predict government borrowing plans will surge 9%

...Banks are expecting the UK to ramp up its borrowing plans in the new financial year as chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to announce tax cuts while Britain faces a surge in the number of existing gilts in...

March 6, 2024

Gilts

UK opens up gilts sales to retail investors

...The bond can be held within a tax-efficient individual savings account and a self-invested personal pension....

February 22, 2024

US interest rates

Jamie Dimon warns rates could stay high as market mood shifts

...Markets are pricing in two quarter-point rate cuts by the Fed in 2024 from the current 23-year high and only a 50 per cent likelihood of a third, in a dramatic reversal from the start of the year when between...

April 8, 2024

Pound Sterling

Sterling outshines rivals as UK economy holds up better than expected

...Sterling is the only major developed world currency to strengthen against the dollar this year, driven by a signs of a rebound for the UK economy after it slipped into a technical recession late last year...

March 8, 2024

HTSIBig spring energy – an HTSI style special

How the Mary Jane went major

...Other brands benefiting from the renaissance are Maison Margiela, which has released a Mary Jane version of its tabis, and Prada, whose 1998 grey Mary Janes are a “vintage style to watch for 2024”, adds...

February 9, 2024

Bank of Japan

Will the Bank of Japan finally raise interest rates?

...Mary McDougall...

March 17, 2024

UK inflation

UK inflation hits lowest rate since 2021 at 3.4%

...Analysts had predicted a reading of 4.6 per cent....

March 20, 2024

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