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• US inflation held steady at 3.4% in August as high fuel prices persist

  11-09-2026 14:48 via ft.com
  Figure prompts traders to increase bets on Fed rate rises ahead of high-stakes meeting
  
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• Warsh under mounting pressure to raise rates as US inflation persists

  11-09-2026 16:44 via ft.com
  Inflation remained stubbornly elevated at 3.4% in August at the end of a week of surging oil prices
  
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• Oil ETFs: a new way to trade an oil spike

  11-09-2026 16:17 via moneyweek.com
  
  The on/off Middle East crisis is on again this week, sending up oil prices in response. Dated Brent – a key benchmark based on North Sea oil – is above $100 for the first time since July at the time of writing.Every time oil moves in a significant way, it raises the question of how best to play higher prices. One answer to that depends on what kind of move you expect.Dated Brent – which is the benchmark that you tend to hear most – reflects what is happening to demand for
  
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• Higher than expected core CPI gives Fed enough to tighten

  11-09-2026 15:53 via ft.com
  Next week’s decision remains a close call, but there is little sign in the inflation data of continued disinflation
  
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• Bond markets stabilise after global sell-off

  11-09-2026 15:22 via ft.com
  Decline in oil prices helps calm investor nerves but German borrowing costs hit highest level since 2009
  
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• Is it time to sell your airline stocks?

  11-09-2026 14:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Airlines have been one of the hardest-hit industries as a result of the war in Iran, and the industry is struggling to recover from a succession of punishing shocks.The Covid pandemic was a challenging start to the decade for the airline industry, as it all but shut down global travel. Two years later, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices sky-high, pushing up input costs for airlines.The story has been similar in 2026, with the US/Israeli conflict with Iran prompting the closure of
  
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• France’s debt interest bill to jump 25% this year

  11-09-2026 13:35 via ft.com
  Finance minister Roland Lescure also downgrades GDP growth forecast for 2026
  
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• FirstFT: Remembering the victims of 9/11

  11-09-2026 12:23 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: US diesel price hits $6 a gallon, and Citadel shake up
  
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• Anglo nickel deal tests EU resolve over Chinese control of resources

  11-09-2026 11:59 via ft.com
  China-backed MMG urges Brussels to approve $500mn transaction as European regulators prepare formal warning
  
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• IEA warns of ‘lost period’ in global oil demand

  11-09-2026 11:46 via ft.com
  Strait of Hormuz will not reopen this year, agency says, warning of sharp drop in demand as refined product prices soar
  
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• Private equity funds to buy as the sector bounces back

  11-09-2026 11:04 via moneyweek.com
  
  For listed private equity funds, discounts to net asset value (NAV) widened sharply when bond yields rose in 2022. Investors were anticipating that the valuations of private equity investments would follow share prices down after the customary lag.Boards responded with share buyback programmes in an attempt to add value and close the discounts. Yet discounts remained stubbornly high as valuations stagnated.When markets started to move higher two years ago, investors could reasonably have expecte
  
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• The “techlash” against data centres

  11-09-2026 10:36 via moneyweek.com
  
  What is a data centre?A data centre is a big, highly secure building full of computers and the other physical infrastructure that the digital world is built on. They've been around for decades (since the 1940s, reckons IBM, in the form of “server rooms”), but the internet, cloud computing and now the widespread adoption of AI have all radically increased the need for giant – and now “hyperscale” – centres. Nowadays, much of what we do online every day –
  
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• US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock

  11-09-2026 09:56 via ft.com
  Surging cost for fuel critical to agriculture and industry stokes price pressures as Americans confront affordability crunch
  
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• Three luxury travel experiences for 2026

  11-09-2026 09:30 via moneyweek.com
  
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• Bessent’s intervention risks damaging BoJ’s credibility, bankers warn

  11-09-2026 07:51 via ft.com
  US Treasury secretary’s claims of insider knowledge could erode market perceptions of Japanese central bank’s independence
  
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• Oil is scary again

  11-09-2026 07:30 via ft.com
  Plus wage growth and inflation
  
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• FirstFT: Bessent fails to break bond market ‘fever’

  11-09-2026 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Hormuz talks and Russian assets
  
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• Time for the Brics

  11-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The developing world’s answer to the G7 sees a unique moment of opportunity to remake the global order. But divisions and existential questions remain
  
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• Brics on the rise

  11-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The grouping accounts for a bigger share of the world economy than the G7
  
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• How China is extending its long arm abroad

  11-09-2026 05:17 via ft.com
  Growing judicial web threatens multinationals and individuals, even for actions taken outside China
  
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• How China is extending its legal reach abroad

  11-09-2026 05:17 via ft.com
  Growing judicial web threatens multinationals and individuals, even for actions taken outside China
  
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• China extends its long legal arm across the world

  11-09-2026 05:17 via ft.com
  Growing judicial web threatens multinationals and individuals, even for actions taken outside the country
  
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• Why over-65s are at risk of tax on their wealth

  10-09-2026 17:23 via moneyweek.com
  
  Reaching the age of 65 signals the beginning of retirement for many, but it can also usher in a phase of tax headaches.The number of over-65s paying income tax has risen by more than three million over the last five years, according to figures from HMRC.Meanwhile, greater numbers of beneficiaries of estates face paying inheritance tax (IHT) as asset values rise and with unused pensions set to be included in estates from April 2027.The number of over-65s paying tax on their savings interest is fo
  
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• ECB prepares for ‘longer-lasting’ inflation as it lifts interest rates to 2.5%

  10-09-2026 17:18 via ft.com
  Central bank’s president Christine Lagarde warns price shock driven by Middle East conflict will persist well into 2027
  
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• America is losing its captive creditors

  10-09-2026 17:08 via ft.com
  The US is paying a higher cost to induce more price-sensitive investors to buy Treasuries
  
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  10-09-2026 16:43 via moneyweek.com
  
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• European Central Bank raises interest rates with hawkish guidance

  10-09-2026 14:45 via ft.com
  Widely expected move comes with slightly stronger growth and inflation forecasts despite a higher market-implied rate path
  
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• Could you get £370 in free cash from Nationwide’s FlexDirect account?

  10-09-2026 13:26 via moneyweek.com
  
  Nationwide has boosted the perks of its fee-free FlexDirect current account, meaning new customers could get up to £370 in free cash in their first year.The building society has upped its cashback deal, with customers now able to get up to £120 in free cash from spending in their first year, double its previous offering of just £60.Spending is rewarded through £5 a month cashback when you spend at least £500 on your debit card, up to a maximum of £60 a year.An
  
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• Is now really the time to worry about a new China shock?

  10-09-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Be careful what you wish for
  
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