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Banks answer Nato's call for more defence capital as Euro. ..
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (516+ words) Saturday 11 July 2026 Nato allies gathering in Ankara last week launched a "call to action" to financial institutions to further increase private capital investment in defence and security. Major banks including Banco Santander, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Nat…...
A rate cut is off the table for new Fed chair Kevin Warsh
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (205+ words) Sunday 17 May 2026 Soaring inflation is not usually good news for a central bank tasked with keeping prices stable. Yet the'surge in US inflation reported last week may be just what'the Federal Reserve needs now.' Billionaires eye classic artworks as war…...
Andy Burnham's byelection bid sends UK borrowing costs so. ..
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (287+ words) Saturday 16 May 2026 Borrowing costs for the UK government reached their highest level in decades on Friday. The 10-year bond yield " the interest rate paid on those bonds, referred to in the UK as "gilts" " nudged above 5. 1%, to the highest level…...
Spooked investors could ground Heathrow's third runway
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (107+ words) Sunday 3 May 2026 The Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC), a sovereign wealth fund, is considering selling its 10% stake in Europe's biggest airport, according to the Financial Times, citing concerns over the rising cost of the third runway project. Heathrow, however, denies this and…...
Britain's mortgage-hike timebomb is the price homeowners. ..
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (350+ words) Sunday 26 April 2026 One of the central tenets of Britain's political right is that individual agency is morally and economically superior to any form of collective action, regulation or public institution; "in "its eyes, the latter are all innately inefficient and…...
Campaign to embrace new view of British enterprise
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (48+ words) Sunday 26 April 2026 O, The Observer Magazine How to live well " new writing on food, style, design, travel and shopping from our best writers, including Nigel Slater Nelson Peltz seeks more spice from Unilever after foods merger Fossil fuel non-proliferation is…...
Food, energy and mortgages. .. the next economic casualti. ..
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (740+ words) 50% off limited time offer Sunday 5 April 2026 There is no way around it: the war in Iran and the Middle East will be felt in the UK, and Keir Starmer has kicked off Labour's campaign for May's local elections by promising…...
Enlightened capitalism is what we need in these dark times
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) Sunday 29 March 2026 Even Larry Fink, chief executive of Black Rock, the largest asset management firm in the world, has discovered that modern capitalism does not work well for everyone. In his latest letter to investors he warns that it is…...
The Observer view: "4. 3bn a week
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (195+ words) Sunday 22 March 2026 Eight per cent of GDP was equivalent last year to "224bn, or about "4. 3bn a week. That is the equivalent of taking Scotland " the North Sea included " out of the UK economy. It's a good deal more than the GDP…...
The great UK unemployment debate
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (159+ words) Saturday 7 March 2026 Is the recent rise in UK unemployment cyclical or structural? Or, in non-economist speak, will higher joblessness prove temporary, or will it persist even as the economy improves? Were it not for recent events in the Middle East,…...