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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
My latest for @FTAlphaville: Still not convinced "the economy" mattered as much as the exit polls suggested it did in the US election? Here are 10 charts: ft.com/content/b0a60325-4c93…
Seven to start with below 1/8
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
A Budget special at the end of a momentous week presented by @LOS_Fisher with @Sam1Fleming and @SoumayaKeynes
What are the UK’s prospects for growth? 📈📉
The latest Political Fix is a post-Budget live special🎙️💰
Impeccable analysis from @georgewparker @sam1fleming & @soumayakeynes
Out now! 📻🎧podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
A look back at an extraordinary week in British politics: the Budget, the fallout and the political and market reckoning. Analysis with @Sam1Fleming ft.com/content/9ad9661a-9f33…
UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt market sell-off intensifies ft.com/content/483303ca-cd2e… via @ft
UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year after Budget ft.com/content/483303ca-cd2e… via @ft
This is quite a list from @PickardJE …..Did Labour mislead UK public ahead of Budget? ft.com/content/07feaae2-c3e0… via @ft
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Free to play: The Budget looms large and you have promised to stick to a set of fiscal rules. What will your plan for the UK economy look like? on.ft.com/3AerZaq
Faulty jobs data leaves UK hiring picture uncertain, economists say ft.com/content/84f0614c-9896… via @ft
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Free to play: Health. Education. Welfare. Defence spending. Investment. Welfare. You have six weeks to devise your first Budget and kickstart the economy. What’s your plan? on.ft.com/3AcskKD
Rachel Reeves seeks to reassure business ahead of Budget tax rises ft.com/content/46c4fa0d-4c2b… via @ft
Rachel Reeves in the FT: My fiscal rules will provide the stability on which growth depends ft.com/content/7258f7ff-7bc7… via @ft
Rachel Reeves confirms change to UK fiscal rules to help fund £20bn investment ft.com/content/091ca9be-e18b… via @ft
How FT readers are faring in the Budget Game ft.com/content/5ccb736f-3e09… via @ft
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
💥 US confirms it will contribute $20bn to the $50bn G7 loan to Ukraine, backed by profits raised on Russian sovereign assets immobilised in the west
as the @FT reported last week
ft.com/content/9ec5638f-eea1…
Big @FT scoop overnight -
US now willing to contribute up to $20bn into a joint G7 loan for Ukraine, with officials eyeing an agreement next week
ft.com/content/b3b869ca-20ca… w crack transatlantic frassets crew @paolatamma @JamesPoliti & @Sam1Fleming
IMF sees potential for the BoE to accelerate rate cuts as it upgrades UK growth forecast ft.com/content/95e9864a-d285… via @ft
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
"It’s a policy that is harming basically everyone," @pogourinchas tells @FT of widespread tariffs, which @IMFNews modelled the impact of in its latest WEO. "It’s harming the rest of the world. It’s harming the US."
ft.com/content/f7c31ee0-8eb3… @Sam1Fleming
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Everything you need to know about the Budget in today’s @ftweekend - from a history of CGT, analysis of the £40bn fiscal gap, IHT options and this scoop. With the excellent @Sam1Fleming @EmmaAgyemang and @ClaerB on.ft.com/4f6gpNg
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
"Reeves...cannot spend more, borrow less and keep taxes where they are. This was apparent at the election. Her choice to invest, tax, borrow and spend day-to-day is a reasonable way to address the trade offs." on.ft.com/3BZFYRM by @ChrisGiles_
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Big @FT scoop overnight -
US now willing to contribute up to $20bn into a joint G7 loan for Ukraine, with officials eyeing an agreement next week
ft.com/content/b3b869ca-20ca… w crack transatlantic frassets crew @paolatamma @JamesPoliti & @Sam1Fleming
Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
New - Big Budget exclusive. Reeves looking to extend the "Tory" income tax threshold freeze beyond 2028, raising at least £7bn and helping to close her £40bn funding gap, also revealed this week by the @FT. With @Sam1Fleming
ft.com/content/13acecf9-ed5b…