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• Will the Fed drop any hints on rate rises?

  25-10-2026 13:00 via Global Economy
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• Relieving Starlink’s chokehold takes more than good intentions

  26-10-2026 13:31 via Global Economy
  The EU is making slow progress in building alternative satellite systems
  
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• FirstFT: How Lula pulled off a stunning victory

  26-10-2026 11:08 via Global Economy
  Also in today’s newsletter: partner chosen to lead Weil, Gotshal & Manges changes her mind, and Venezuelan opposition leader returns to Caracas
  
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• Three undervalued utilities and infrastructure stocks to buy

  26-10-2026 09:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  The utilities and infrastructure sector has seen new structural growth drivers in the last few years. And the Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure Trust (LSE: EGL), launched just ten years ago, gives exposure to the sector's long-term trends, solid protection from inflation and high degrees of predictability of future cash flows. The bulk of our infrastructure was built in the era following World War II and now significant capital expenditure is required to renovate it after decades of u
  
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• Oil price falls back to $114 as traders remain focused on Middle East conflict

  26-10-2026 08:28 via Global Economy
  International benchmark eases after soaring to $117 late last week
  
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• Oil price falls back as traders remain focused on Middle East conflict

  26-10-2026 08:28 via Global Economy
  International benchmark eases after soaring to $117 late last week
  
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• French bonds rally after Moody’s rating reprieve

  26-10-2026 08:28 via Global Economy
  France’s 10-year yield drops more than 0.1 percentage points after Paris dodges credit downgrade and oil price falls
  
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• Tek4 is a British success story floating on Aim

  26-10-2026 08:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  British engineering firm Tek4 is joining London's junior market, Aim. It’s particularly welcome, as the London stock market has spent much of the past decade shrinking. British companies have been taken private or, in some cases, tempted to list in New York instead. Too few new arrivals have replaced them, leaving investors with a dwindling choice of growing domestic businesses.Tek4 is a small engineering company based in Leicestershire. It makes highly specialised equipment for some of the wo
  
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• Play our Budget crossword

  26-10-2026 07:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  The Budget is one of the biggest days in politics, with the policies announced affecting everyone in the country.Depending on the priorities of the current chancellor, some people may find they will start paying higher taxes, while others may enjoy a tax cut.But how much do you know about the Budget? Test your knowledge in our crossword.Did you manage to finish the crossword? Share your results on social media.What would you like to see in the 2026 Autumn Budget? Get in touch by emailing editor@
  
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• FirstFT: Brazil re-elects Lula as president

  26-10-2026 06:31 via Global Economy
  Also in today’s newsletter: Serbia’s strongman bows out and France’s Le Pen launches campaign
  
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• Fed to stick with quarterly rate rises as it removes 2025 insurance cuts

  26-10-2026 06:30 via Global Economy
  Read the Monetary Policy Radar team’s October scenario for the Federal Reserve
  
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• Can Pakistan’s military government make the economy grow?

  26-10-2026 06:00 via Global Economy
  Islamabad has stopped tailspin but faces deeper reforms to break boom-and-bust cycle and lure investment
  
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• A knife-edge election in Israel and other potential pivot points

  25-10-2026 19:15 via Global Economy
  A key Knesset election, a (hopefully) boring British Budget, Big Oil and Big Tech reports
  
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• Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’

  25-10-2026 13:00 via Global Economy
  Shock therapy can liberate the country from a cycle of low growth, rising debt and an expanding state
  
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• US voters worried about corruption under Trump — FT poll

  25-10-2026 12:00 via Global Economy
  Americans link graft to affordability crisis as midterm elections loom
  
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• Audi to build $4bn US plant as it grapples with tariffs

  25-10-2026 11:33 via Global Economy
  Move announced at Trump rally in Georgia comes as carmaker and its parent Volkswagen seek relief from president’s levies
  
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• What do North East businesses need from the Budget?

  25-10-2026 11:00 via BBC News
  
  Sunderland-born Andy Haldane, ex-Bank of England chief economist, says firms have faced a "huge squeeze".
  
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• How JCDecaux became an unexpected winner of the AI boom

  25-10-2026 10:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  JCDecaux (Paris: DEC) has become an unexpected winner of the global AI boom. The company, which owns thousands of billboards and other advertising assets worldwide, isn't the most obvious AI play. But thanks to its vast real-world estate, it's reaping the benefits of a shift in spending by advertisers. As the market has woken up to this potential, the shares have charged higher, rising more than 70% this year alone.Why JCDecaux's advertising strategy is a successJCDecaux operates in the so-calle
  
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• A new fund for our ETF portfolio to diversify from AI

  25-10-2026 09:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  Our ETF portfolio has become a little over-exposed to tech, so it's time to introduce a new fund.“Unprecedented” is a word that gets thrown around too easily, but make no mistake:the AI infrastructure boom that many investors are betting on would be unprecedented in scale – if it materialises.Total spending based on the announced data-centre pipeline could amount to $10 trillion in the US between 2025 and 2032, according to a paper by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh of Columbia Business School, whi
  
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• What small firms want from Healey's first Budget

  25-10-2026 08:19 via BBC News
  
  The owners say they are looking for help on costs ahead of John Healey's first Budget
  
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• Firms 'holding back' on new jobs ahead of Budget

  25-10-2026 08:06 via BBC News
  
  Some businesses say they want to see employment costs come down in the October Budget.
  
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• Who is Stefano Pessina, the dealmaker behind Boots' sale?

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  Italian arch dealmaker Stefano Pessina has finally found “the right shopkeeper” for Boots, four years after The Economist predicted there might be a long wait.The Canadian branch of the Weston family, which once owned Selfridges, has bought the 177-year-old pharmacy and beauty chain for $8.9 billion. After 20 years of steering what Pessina called “an iconic brand and a British institution” through various ownership structures and makeovers, with mixed success, he can finally close his me
  
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• Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax

  25-10-2026 07:00 via BBC News
  
  Chancellor John Healey may need to raise money to boost his fiscal headroom - BBC Verify examines what options could be on the table.
  
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• Co-operate to avoid being hostage to geopolitics, Australia tells ‘middle powers’

  25-10-2026 02:00 via Global Economy
  Jim Chalmers argues economic security and bolstering supply chains would benefit consumers
  
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• Australia’s treasurer says middle powers should co-operate to avoid being hostage to geopolitics

  25-10-2026 02:00 via Global Economy
  Jim Chalmers argues economic security and bolstering supply chains would benefit consumers
  
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• North Korea’s Kim crosses new China border bridge to reaffirm ties

  24-10-2026 17:44 via Global Economy
  Beijing is concerned that Pyongyang and Moscow are forging a stronger relationship, say analysts
  
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• Kim reaffirms ties with China amid worries over Russian friendship

  24-10-2026 17:44 via Global Economy
  Beijing is concerned that Pyongyang and Moscow are forging a stronger relationship, say analysts
  
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• Where to find value in frontier markets

  24-10-2026 10:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  So-called frontier markets account for about a quarter of the world's population today, but only 5% of global GDP. A little over half of the world's eight billion people are in emerging economies and about 12% of the world's population lives in developed countries.The US and North America as a whole account for only about 4.7% of the world's population. But the US stock market makes up around 73% of the MSCI World index. And, while the World Federation of Exchanges tracks about 58,200 listed com
  
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• Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is on a roller coaster

  24-10-2026 09:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  Shareholders of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE: SMT) have been on an extraordinary roller coaster. In the five years to November 2021, the share price almost quintupled before falling nearly 60% in the next 18 months. Since then, they have risen 150% to a new all-time high, putting them easily at the top of the performance table of global funds over three years.Recent attention has focused on SpaceX, in which Scottish Mortgage invested in 2018 at a valuation of $31 billion. Following an
  
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• What's wrong with the UK stock market?

  24-10-2026 08:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  In 2000, the UK stock market was the second largest in the world, accounting for 10% of the global total. Now, it constitutes just 3% and is either the sixth or ninth largest, depending on the source of measurement. With an absence of growth stocks (technology accounts for just 1% of the All-Share index), an absence of issuance either from existing companies or new flotations, and a relentless stream of takeovers and emigrations, there is no doubt that the UK's position will drop further.Floatat
  
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