Oil and gold prices soar and stock markets fall after Israel’s attacks on Iran
The price of oil and gold has soared and stock markets have fallen after Israel’s strikes against targets in Iran.…
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Two trade deals and a rate cut in one week … are things looking up for UK plc?
You wait three years for a trade deal and then two come along at once. As of Monday, the UK…
The Guardian view on Reeves’s trickle-down economics: deregulation dressed as economic renewal | Editorial
Rachel Reeves’s Mansion House speech mattered less for what it changed than what it confirmed: she’s staying – and backing…
Wise goes to the US. Will its founder’s supercharged voting rights follow? | Nils Pratley
Back in 2021, the arrival on the London stock market of Wise, a rapidly expanding money transfer company, generated a…
Do I (in the UK) need to worry about the US stock market?
A trade war with China and suggestions Donald Trump will sack the head of the Federal Reserve have weighed heavily…
Nationwide warns Reeves against cutting tax breaks on cash Isas
Britain’s biggest building society has waded into a row over whether the government should cut tax breaks on cash Isas,…
Markets rally after Trump announces tariff deal with Japan
Financial markets around the world have rallied after Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan and speculation that a…
Miner Glencore decides against moving stock market listing from London to US
The FTSE 100 miner Glencore has decided to retain its stock market listing in London, rejecting calls for it to…
Wall Street and European markets finish week on a high after US jobs report
Markets on both sides of the Atlantic rose on Friday after hiring in the US slowed less than expected in…
From Krispy Kreme to GoPro, has meme-stock trading frenzy returned?
Shares in struggling retailers and ageing consumer brands surged, as amateur traders cast aside Wall Street’s skepticism and mobilized online.…