Major bank axing key service for 'all' two million customers within weeks
First Direct, a popular UK bank, will find it harder to pay money into their accounts after it announced it will axe a key ...
Chrystia Freeland to run for leader of Canada's Liberal Party
Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's Liberal Party. In a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday, Freeland said she would hold a ...
Morning Bid: Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields
Salvos from a Federal Reserve governor and the incoming Treasury Secretary helped nail down this week's inflation-inspired ...
AMERICAS Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields
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Shock drop in shop sales adds to worries over UK economy
Shop sales in the UK unexpectedly fell in the run up to Christmas due to a "very poor month" for food being sold in ...
Best savings accounts that offer above-inflation rates, 17 January
After years of low rates, high-yield savings accounts are having a moment as the Bank of England (BoE) kept interest rates at 4.75% in December. While homeowners face high mortgage rates, there is a ...
Mark Carney, the 'unreliable boyfriend' who ran UK's central bank
Mark Carney was the first non-British person to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than 300-year history when ...
How Trump's Pick for Treasury Secretary Once Helped Break the Bank of England
Scott Bessent, Trump's pick to guard America's financial system as treasury secretary, once helped orchestrate a huge trade ...
UK Economy Returns To Growth, But Faces Uncertain Outlook -- 2nd Update
The Office for National Statistics Thursday said gross domestic product was 0.1% higher in November than it was in October, a weaker outcome than the 0.2% rise expected by economists. That marked a ...
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Stock markets get boost from bank earnings, inflation data
Stock markets surged on Wednesday, buoyed by robust US bank earnings and encouraging inflation data from the United States ...
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over UK economy at PMQs
Badenoch goes on to say the Tories left him the fastest growing economy in the G7 and says jobs and growth are down, mortgage ...
Trump's Treasury nominee Scott Bessent faces his Senate confirmation hearing. Here are 5 things to watch.
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, will step into the spotlight this week, with the Senate Finance Committee scheduled to start his confirmation hearing at ...