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• Ten-year Treasury yield hits 5% for first time since 2023

  14-09-2026 16:51 via ft.com
  Rise in US borrowing costs takes world’s most important financial gauge into perilous territory
  
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• Labour MPs call for end to loophole that trimmed billionaire’s tax bill by £18mn

  22-09-2026 21:51 via ft.com
  Quadrature Capital’s Suneil Setiya would have been liable for higher rate of stamp duty had he not bought five flats together with London mansion
  
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• US proposes $10bn fund with Arab allies to bypass Hormuz

  22-09-2026 19:32 via ft.com
  Trump is in discussions about a fund that would build new energy infrastructure across the Middle East
  
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• The UK Budget: what does it mean for growth and security?

  22-09-2026 16:20 via ft.com
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• Soaring diesel prices spur export ban calls from Republican lawmakers

  22-09-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, US and China agree to set up ‘AI dialogue’ ahead of high-stakes summit
  
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• The dying days of the Fed’s dot plot

  22-09-2026 13:30 via ft.com
  Notwithstanding Kevin Warsh’s criticisms, the FOMC’s projections are often incoherent and do not come with an economic narrative
  
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• FirstFT: How a Kremlin-backed forgery scheme fooled global banks

  22-09-2026 12:12 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: North Korea tests new hypersonic weapon and the risks of the yen carry trade
  
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• Why your family needs to talk about inheritance tax now

  22-09-2026 10:45 via moneyweek.com
  
  Two things in life are guaranteed: death and taxes. Some of us have to deal with both at the same time.You earn money and income tax takes its cut, with National Insurance following suit. You spend some of what's left and VAT takes its share. Buying a house? Stamp duty. You sell an asset that's grown in value, capital gains tax. You take a dividend from the company you built, dividend tax. Fuel duty, vehicle tax, insurance premium tax, council tax. Then HMRC comes in with the final punch combina
  
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• ‘Why you need to have an inheritance tax conversation with your family now’

  22-09-2026 10:45 via moneyweek.com
  
  Two things in life are guaranteed: death and taxes. Some of us have to deal with both at the same time.You earn money and income tax takes its cut, with National Insurance following suit. You spend some of what's left and VAT takes its share. Buying a house? Stamp duty. You sell an asset that's grown in value, capital gains tax. You take a dividend from the company you built, dividend tax. Fuel duty, vehicle tax, insurance premium tax, council tax. Then HMRC comes in with the final punch combina
  
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• Burnham to press EU chief to let UK participate in ‘Made in Europe’ policy

  22-09-2026 10:00 via ft.com
  British prime minister to hold meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
  
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• UK government borrowing surges in blow to Healey ahead of Budget

  22-09-2026 08:09 via ft.com
  ‘Dismal’ £18bn figure for August comes as inflation drives up government spending
  
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• UK government borrowing surged to £18bn in August

  22-09-2026 08:09 via ft.com
  ‘Dismal’ figure comes as inflation drives up government spending
  
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• China’s share of global container exports soars to 40%

  22-09-2026 06:56 via ft.com
  Rapid rise underscores economy’s reliance on trade and threat to trading partners, EU chamber says
  
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• FirstFT: Kremlin-backed forgery scheme fooled global banks

  22-09-2026 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Polymarket’s European overture and Merz’s woes
  
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• Bank of Japan set to maintain new quarterly pace of rate rises

  22-09-2026 06:30 via ft.com
  Read the BoJ’s September forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Why Andy Burnham’s ‘Buy British’ push could backfire

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Legal and practical challenges await UK prime minister as he attempts to turn his rhetoric into reality, experts warn
  
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• What Xi wants from his summit with Trump

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Chinese leader’s most urgent goal is extending trade truce with US, but he is also expected to discuss Taiwan, Iran and AI
  
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• Sorry Carney, the world does need a great power with better manners

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Calling for closer EU-Canada ties without pooling sovereignty is an abdication of European responsibility
  
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• Rate rises should not be ‘the only game in town’

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Monetary policy is not the best response tool for today’s economic and financial challenges
  
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• How Andy Burnham’s ‘Buy British’ push could backfire

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Legal and practical challenges await UK prime minister as he attempts to turn his rhetoric into reality, experts warn
  
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• Equal pay law cannot ignore the labour market

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  A ruling that Next can pay store staff and warehouse workers differently for work of equal value upholds an important principle
  
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• Are we developing a distaste for effort?

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Across OECD countries, the number of students who say they give up easily is increasing
  
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• UK workers to receive two weeks of unpaid leave for bereavement

  22-09-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Change in definition of those eligible will bring law ‘into the 21st century’
  
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• FirstFT: Kremlin-backed forgery operation moved $6.9bn through global banks

  21-09-2026 23:34 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: China accuses ousted top generals of ‘disloyalty’ and SoftBank launches one of biggest junk bond deals
  
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• Nasdaq Composite ends at record high as Meta rallies and oil prices fall

  21-09-2026 22:43 via ft.com
  Brent crude sinks amid speculation Donald Trump could meet Iran’s president this week
  
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• UK flights disrupted by another air traffic control problem

  21-09-2026 22:31 via ft.com
  National Air Traffic Services says it fixed a fault at its Prestwick control centre in Scotland that led to service cancellations and delays
  
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• ‘Stop the bleeding’: Republicans tell Trump to ban US diesel exports

  21-09-2026 22:29 via ft.com
  Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s Iran war rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands
  
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• Homeowners take £840-a-year mortgage hit from Iran war

  21-09-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Rising borrowing costs triggered by conflict in Middle East start to impact consumers’ spending power
  
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• Meta leads tech rally as oil prices fall

  21-09-2026 21:47 via ft.com
  Brent crude sinks amid speculation Donald Trump could meet Iranian president this week
  
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