<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Economy - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Economy news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:31:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[FirstFT: Singapore weighs tax cuts for fund managers to rival Hong Kong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in today&rsquo;s newsletter: US-Iran war expands and EU faces crumbling support for new Russia sanctions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/firstft-singapore-weighs-tax-cuts-for-fund-managers-to-rival-hong-kong/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/firstft-singapore-weighs-tax-cuts-for-fund-managers-to-rival-hong-kong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham’s British reboot begins]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;King of the North&rsquo; comes south, ECB rate decision, Trump returns to a rescheduled White House correspondents&rsquo; dinner]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/burnhams-british-reboot-begins/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/burnhams-british-reboot-begins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK steel quota concessions to seal India deal pose risk to Welsh plant, say insiders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Union leaders say quotas for galvanised steel particularly harmful for Tata Steel UK&rsquo;s Llanwern plant in Newport]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/uk-steel-quota-concessions-to-seal-india-deal-pose-risk-to-welsh-plant-say-insiders/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/uk-steel-quota-concessions-to-seal-india-deal-pose-risk-to-welsh-plant-say-insiders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How will the ECB respond to the latest rise in oil prices?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Market Questions is the FT&rsquo;s guide to the week ahead]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-will-the-ecb-respond-to-the-latest-rise-in-oil-prices/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-will-the-ecb-respond-to-the-latest-rise-in-oil-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham should pursue a devolution ‘big bang’]]></title><description><![CDATA[If done right, radical decentralisation could boost UK productivity growth and living standards]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/burnham-should-pursue-a-devolution-big-bang/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/burnham-should-pursue-a-devolution-big-bang/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onward Opportunities: A new fund yet to justify its fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[There have been just three initial public offerings (IPOs) of investment trusts between 2023 and 2025, and none of them raised over &pound;100 million. Achilles Investment Company (LSE: AIC), an activist trust, raised &pound;54 million last year, while Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets (LSE: AWEM) raised &pound;30.5 million in 2023. Both have received a reasonable amount of coverage.By far the smallest and least well-known of the three is Onward Opportunities (LSE: ONWD), which has raised &pound;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/onward-opportunities-a-new-fund-yet-to-justify-its-fees/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/onward-opportunities-a-new-fund-yet-to-justify-its-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Africa's economy is set for take-off']]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Studwell is a development economist at Africa Urban Lab, a research centre at the African School of Economics, Zanzibar. He is also a founder and director of the Asian research and advisory firm Gavekal Dragonomics. His books include The China Dream, Asian Godfathers and How Asia Works. How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier is published by Profile Books (&pound;25).Matthew Partridge: The thesis of your book How Africa Works is that Africa is finally]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/africas-economy-is-set-for-take-off/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/africas-economy-is-set-for-take-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese leaders zero in on need for stimulus for economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policymakers expected to prioritise spurring high-tech rather than &lsquo;big bang&rsquo; for consumption, analysts say]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/chinese-leaders-zero-in-on-need-for-stimulus-for-economy/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/chinese-leaders-zero-in-on-need-for-stimulus-for-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Bank of England needs a radical overhaul']]></title><description><![CDATA[When the US president appointed Kevin Warsh to run the Federal Reserve, critics assumed he would be little more than Donald Trump's stooge. But Warsh is a deeper and more serious thinker than that. He was appointed as a critic of the way the Fed has been run, as someone who believes central banks need to be dragged into the 21st century and who argues that they should be doing more to promote economic growth. This week, he appointed a panel of experts to help him work out how to deliver those ou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-bank-of-england-needs-a-radical-overhaul/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-bank-of-england-needs-a-radical-overhaul/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best properties for sale under the £2m mansion tax threshold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chelvey Court, Backwell, BristolKnight FrankKnight FrankKnight FrankA Grade II-listed, 17th-century house currently arranged as two independent homes and a two-bedroom flat. It has a Jacobean staircase and carved stone fireplaces. 9 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 receptions, study, barn, summer house, landscaped gardens, orchard, 5.53 acres. Price: &pound;1.95m+ Knight Frank 01173-171996Carestown Steadings, Deskford, Buckie, Banffshire, ScotlandStrutt and ParkerStrutt and ParkerStrutt and Par]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-best-properties-for-sale-under-the-2m-mansion-tax-threshold/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-best-properties-for-sale-under-the-2m-mansion-tax-threshold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pensions opportunity young people are missing out on]]></title><description><![CDATA[The common perception of elite level, world class boxers is that they ooze confidence. While confidence is important, there is a clear line between being confident and reckless.When I was trading punches under the bright lights in fights around the world, there were moments where my mind would release a surge of confidence. That confidence, when mentally mishandled, occasionally transpired into shots being thrown harder than necessary, drifting into hope rather than discipline in search of a kno]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-pensions-opportunity-young-people-are-missing-out-on/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-pensions-opportunity-young-people-are-missing-out-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Germany's ambitious reform package revive its economy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Germany's fragile coalition government has announced a major package of economic reforms aimed at kick-starting the country's chronic low growth. The long-awaited measures, announced earlier this month by chancellor Friedrich Merz, include tax cuts, greater labour-market flexibility and a broad easing of bureaucratic red tape &ndash; and follow separate but related pension reforms, announced a week earlier. Assuming the measures clear the Bundestag (very likely, but not certain), no one expects]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/can-germanys-ambitious-reform-package-revive-its-economy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/can-germanys-ambitious-reform-package-revive-its-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington pushes EU to announce import rules rollback]]></title><description><![CDATA[US keeps up pressure on Brussels a year after deal to reduce Donald Trump&rsquo;s tariffs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/washington-pushes-eu-to-announce-import-rules-rollback/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/washington-pushes-eu-to-announce-import-rules-rollback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next crash: why this time might not be different]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stock markets are not only ignoring the obvious threats, but seem imbued with extreme optimism]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-next-crash-why-this-time-might-not-be-different/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/the-next-crash-why-this-time-might-not-be-different/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Wolf: the next crash — why this time might not be different]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stock markets are not only ignoring the obvious threats, but seem imbued with extreme optimism]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/martin-wolf-the-next-crash-why-this-time-might-not-be-different/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/martin-wolf-the-next-crash-why-this-time-might-not-be-different/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How long until there is a US markets reckoning over Trump’s damage?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The patience of the bond markets will ultimately wear thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-long-until-there-is-a-us-markets-reckoning-over-trumps-damage/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-long-until-there-is-a-us-markets-reckoning-over-trumps-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump threatens Canada with tariffs over ‘invasion’ of wildfire smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[President to call PM Mark Carney over &lsquo;filthy, polluted&rsquo; air wafting over US cities]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/trump-threatens-canada-with-tariffs-over-invasion-of-wildfire-smoke/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/trump-threatens-canada-with-tariffs-over-invasion-of-wildfire-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How long can oil markets absorb the Hormuz shock?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Improvements in oil intensity have cushioned the global economy so far &mdash; but could prompt reckless political choices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-long-can-oil-markets-absorb-the-hormuz-shock/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/how-long-can-oil-markets-absorb-the-hormuz-shock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris and Berlin vow to align on tougher trade measures against China]]></title><description><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to push for EU &lsquo;safeguard&rsquo; trade measures]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/paris-and-berlin-vow-to-align-on-tougher-trade-measures-against-china/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/paris-and-berlin-vow-to-align-on-tougher-trade-measures-against-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Family company has quoted the six-figure sum for high-speed access to Truth Social platform]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/trump-media-pitched-100000-monthly-fee-for-fast-feed-of-presidents-posts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/economy/trump-media-pitched-100000-monthly-fee-for-fast-feed-of-presidents-posts/</guid></item></channel></rss>