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• Japan’s bonds and yen under pressure after Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech

  31-08-2026 09:32 via ft.com
  Currency weakens past ¥160 a dollar and yields rise to highest in three decades as investors raise bets on monetary tightening
  
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• Governments should heed the bond market’s warning

  01-09-2026 19:17 via ft.com
  Financial repression is not a sustainable way to manage rising borrowing costs
  
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• IMF agrees $2.2bn bailout for Senegal

  01-09-2026 19:15 via ft.com
  West African nation will seek to restructure its external debts after last year’s revelations of extensive misreported borrowing
  
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• Santander launches £240 switching deal – who is eligible?

  01-09-2026 15:53 via moneyweek.com
  
  Santander has launched a new bank switching bonus which is currently the highest-paying deal on the market.The high-street lender is offering new and existing customers £240 to move banks, but you will need to open both a current account and a regular saver with the bank to qualify.There are currently six bank switching deals on the market, and Santander’s offer is the highest-paying for non-Premier accounts. Santander’s switching deal – what’s on offer?Santander&rs
  
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• Saudi and South Korean oil tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz

  01-09-2026 14:06 via ft.com
  The increase in shipping attacks comes after a period of relative calm in the war
  
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• Warsh clears up his own mess, but US credibility is still stretched

  01-09-2026 13:30 via ft.com
  Many of the economic policy problems the Fed chair has to deal with stem from the administration
  
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• ECB to raise rates again amid higher Eurozone inflation

  01-09-2026 13:23 via ft.com
  The headline HICP rate rose again in August
  
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• Rise in UK borrowing costs adds to pressure on Burnham and Healey

  01-09-2026 12:51 via ft.com
  Prime minister and chancellor prepare for Budget in October amid questions over how they will fund key plans
  
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• Bond rout raises spectre of Budget tax rises

  01-09-2026 12:51 via ft.com
  Prime minister and chancellor prepare for Budget in October amid questions over how they will fund key plans
  
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• Premium Bonds September jackpot winners revealed – who won £1 million?

  01-09-2026 12:30 via moneyweek.com
  
  A Premium Bonds holder has won a £1 million jackpot prize with a bond bought just nine months ago.The saver, from London, bought the winning bond in January 2026 and has a total holding of £45,500. The winning bond number is 659VC982054.The second jackpot winner is from Norwich and bagged the £1 million with a bond bought in January 2022. Their winning bond number is 484QT130447 and they hold the maximum total of £50,000 in Premium Bonds.How many prizes will be issued in
  
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• Eurozone inflation rises to 3.3% in August

  01-09-2026 11:01 via ft.com
  ECB expected to lift interest rates next week as higher energy prices bite
  
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• Ikea cuts prices in Europe by €1.2bn to counter cost of living crisis

  01-09-2026 09:00 via ft.com
  About 1,500 products in 20 European countries will be cheaper as consumer confidence continues to remain depressed.
  
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• FirstFT: Big Law urged to cut fees amid AI

  01-09-2026 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: UBS regulatory win and Eurozone inflation
  
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• This time it really was different

  01-09-2026 06:30 via ft.com
  Another look at why 2022-23 wasn’t like 1982-83
  
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• ‘Conflict of attrition’ in Iran could keep inflation high, ECB policymaker warns

  01-09-2026 06:07 via ft.com
  Finnish governor Olli Rehn strikes hawkish tone ahead of expected interest rate rise in the Eurozone
  
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• London’s Tube finally escapes its mobile blackout

  01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Transport for London says 121 subterranean stations and tunnel network to have coverage by year end
  
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• How viable is Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela?

  01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Analysts warn agreement may not succeed in attracting investment from US companies and could destabilise the interim government
  
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• Burnham signals fresh moves on living costs as political battle lines harden

  01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Decisions on welfare are likely to be delayed into next year
  
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• Number of UK pensioners paying the highest tax rates doubles in five years

  01-09-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  One million will pay higher- or additional-rate tax on their retirement income, according to HMRC figures, as tax thresholds remain frozen
  
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• Number of UK pensioners paying highest tax rates doubles in five years

  01-09-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  More than 1mn will pay extra on their retirement income, according to HMRC figures, as thresholds remain frozen
  
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• FirstFT: Japan’s bonds and currency under pressure after Fed chair’s Jackson Hole speech

  31-08-2026 23:33 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: India’s GDP beats expectations and South Korea jails Unification Church leader over bribery scandal
  
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• Europeans shun Russian finance minister at US-hosted G20 meeting

  31-08-2026 23:32 via ft.com
  Anton Siluanov excluded from event photo despite ‘productive’ meeting with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent
  
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• Trump’s tariff fix leaves US trade policy in permanent flux

  31-08-2026 17:07 via ft.com
  America’s use of Section 301 means future administrations cannot just leave charges untouched or allow them to lapse
  
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• Whose fiscal problems would you prefer?

  31-08-2026 16:17 via ft.com
  Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat
  
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• India’s GDP beats growth forecast at 7.8%

  31-08-2026 15:21 via ft.com
  World’s fastest-growing large economy outperforms central bank expectations as Middle East energy shock starts to bite
  
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• UK offers homegrown AI start-ups £100mn to improve public services

  31-08-2026 12:24 via ft.com
  Scheme comes in wake of growing opposition to government contracts with US software group Palantir
  
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• ‘Heed history's warnings on government debt’

  31-08-2026 09:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Government debt markets have been around since the city-state of Venice issued its first bonds in 1171, but public debt only became tradable in the English-speaking world six centuries later. Contemporaries held conflicting views about the development. Several leading members of the Scottish Enlightenment were downbeat. As government debt across the developed world escalates, their concerns are proving timely.In his book, A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World, Finan
  
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• Law Debenture: the star of the UK income sector

  31-08-2026 08:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Law Debenture (LSE:LWDB) is a unique investment trust. It is part equity income portfolio and part professional services company, all in one high-performing £1.7 billion wrapper.It has been a stalwart of the MoneyWeek Investment Trust portfolio since September 2015, with the second-best performance of all the trusts selected. Over the past ten years the shares have produced a total return of 263%, versus 130% for the FTSE All-Share index. It has also outperformed its benchmark by a wide ma
  
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• FirstFT: Ukraine’s ex-defence minister pitches tech fund

  31-08-2026 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: AI lifts Big Tech profits, and US and Iran trade fire
  
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• Will financial innovation dethrone the dollar?

  31-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The evolution of a truly multi-polar currency market depends on governments’ willingness to embrace technology and fortify markets
  
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