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• Biggest cost from Trump’s tariffs is uncertainty for Asian carmakers

  01-04-2025 13:30 via ft.com
  
  Companies forced to make billion-dollar bets in face of unpredictable politics
  
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• Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed ‘Lake America’ in new slight to Canada

  27-08-2026 20:12 via ft.com
  Body of water straddles border between the two countries
  
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• Don’t draw the wrong conclusion from Treasury yields

  27-08-2026 16:45 via ft.com
  Investors are marking up their expectations for long-run economic growth in the US
  
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• One million people in line for a tax top-up from HMRC - are you one of them?

  27-08-2026 16:05 via moneyweek.com
  
  Around a million workers are being urged to look out for letters landing on their doorstep in the next few weeks telling them they’re entitled to free money from the government.HMRC is kickstarting a campaign this month to offer top-ups to people who didn’t receive pension tax relief because of the way their workplace pension scheme was administered.Workers whose occupational pension schemes issue tax relief through a net pay arrangement (NPA) could be entitled to the top-up.A NPA is
  
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• One million people are in line for a tax top-up from HMRC - are you one of them?

  27-08-2026 16:05 via moneyweek.com
  
  Around a million workers are being urged to look out for letters landing on their doorstep in the next few weeks telling them they’re entitled to free money from the government.HMRC is kickstarting a campaign this month to offer top-ups to people who didn’t receive pension tax relief because of the way their workplace pension scheme was administered.Workers whose occupational pension schemes issue tax relief through a net pay arrangement (NPA) could be entitled to the top-up.A NPA is
  
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• Minutes from ECB’s July meeting more positive on inflation outlook

  27-08-2026 15:44 via ft.com
  Lack of second-round inflation effects will not stop central bank from raising interest rates again in September
  
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• ECB will return to data dependence after a September rate rise

  27-08-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  Read the August forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• FirstFT: Nvidia projects 70% strong growth next year

  27-08-2026 13:03 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Nepal’s devastating flood and Harvard’s European outpost
  
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• The battle plans in Trump’s tariff wars look more witless each time

  27-08-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Canada was right to resist US intimidation
  
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• Nationwide boosts rates on fixed savings accounts and ISAs again – how do they compare?

  27-08-2026 11:52 via moneyweek.com
  
  Nationwide has boosted rates on some of its savings accounts, offering customers an interest rate of up to 4.55% on their cash.The building society’s one and two-year fixed rate cash ISAs are now paying respective rates of 4.5% and 4.55% AER, up from 4.4% and 4.5% earlier this month.Its one and two-year taxable fixed rate bonds now have interest rates of 4.5% and 4.55%, respectively, a rise from 4.25% and 4.3%.It’s the second time this month Nationwide has bumped up rates on its fixe
  
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• Nationwide boost rates on fixed savings accounts and ISAs again – how do they compare?

  27-08-2026 11:52 via moneyweek.com
  
  Nationwide has boosted rates on some of its savings accounts, offering customers an interest rate of up to 4.55% on their cash.The building society’s one and two-year fixed rate cash ISAs are now paying respective rates of 4.5% and 4.55% AER, up from 4.4% and 4.5% earlier this month.Its one and two-year taxable fixed rate bonds now have interest rates of 4.5% and 4.55%, respectively, a rise from 4.25% and 4.3%.It’s the second time this month Nationwide has bumped up rates on its fixe
  
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• FirstFT: Nvidia results beat Wall Street expectations

  27-08-2026 07:15 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Harvard’s European outpost and French debt
  
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• Von der Leyen reiterates EU competitiveness focus as economic woes mount

  27-08-2026 07:07 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Dutch push ahead with Israeli settlement trade measures
  
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• Yen weakness and rising inflation put pressure on the Bank of Japan for earlier tightening

  27-08-2026 06:30 via ft.com
  Read the BoJ’s August forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Trump jolts Iceland’s EU debate back to life

  27-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Icelanders vote on August 29 whether their country should make a second attempt at joining bloc
  
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• The US is gambling with its role as the world’s investment hub

  27-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  If being overweight America is not the default option, it will upset the country’s economic equilibrium
  
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• South Korea raises interest rates to 3% to tame AI-fuelled inflation

  27-08-2026 05:34 via ft.com
  Bank of Korea extends tightening cycle as booming chip demand drives growth and heightens inflationary pressures
  
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• Why this emerging market has one of the world’s lowest interest rates

  27-08-2026 04:48 via ft.com
  Thailand is ageing before it gets rich, while high debt levels are inhibiting the spending that might spur the economy
  
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• The emerging market with interest rates as low as Japan

  27-08-2026 04:48 via ft.com
  The south-east Asian country is ageing before it gets rich, while high debt levels are inhibiting the spending that might spur the economy
  
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• Korea extends tightening cycle with rate rise to 3%

  27-08-2026 04:14 via ft.com
  Bank of Korea cites concerns over inflation, Seoul property prices and household debt
  
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• ‘We got attacked’: Canadians unite in fury against Trump’s latest tariff salvo

  26-08-2026 23:05 via ft.com
  Washington’s aggressive trade stance prompts defiance from northern neighbour
  
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• El Niño’s looming threat to the global food system

  26-08-2026 18:49 via ft.com
  The world must be better prepared for big recurring shocks to agriculture
  
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• Fed set to be data dependent in the months ahead

  26-08-2026 17:30 via ft.com
  Read the August forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Slightly hotter than expected PCE inflation keeps Fed’s September rate rise in play

  26-08-2026 16:45 via ft.com
  Headline PCE inflation rates did not follow CPI lower in July as had been expected
  
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• Jersey earnings rise by 1.2% after inflation

  26-08-2026 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Statistics Jersey says the increase is "slightly lower" than the long-term annual average.
  
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• What your fund’s top 10 holdings don’t tell you

  26-08-2026 14:05 via moneyweek.com
  
  For all their talk of investing for the long run, active fund managers like to trade. Take Terry Smith for example, whose flagship Fundsmith Equity fund reported portfolio turnover of 51.8% in the first half of 2026. In his mid-year letter to shareholders, Smith said the fund had started building positions in 12 companies while exiting, or starting to exit, 13 others. For a fund whose investment mantra ends with "do nothing", that's a lot of activity.For investors in active funds, keeping tabs o
  
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• The battle to redraw the global tax map

  26-08-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  UN negotiations challenge corporate ‘profit-shifting’
  
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• UK household energy price cap to rise by 4% from October

  26-08-2026 08:19 via ft.com
  Middle East war pushes price limit to three-year high ahead of the winter
  
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• UK household energy bills to hit three-year high from October

  26-08-2026 08:19 via ft.com
  Middle East war pushes prices up 4 per cent
  
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• FirstFT: US Treasury on collision course with Fed

  26-08-2026 07:16 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Cashing in on EU sanctions and Germany’s defence push
  
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