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High-stakes budget in store for edgy UK markets @joiceal @DharaRanasinghe @naomi_rovnick reuters.com/business/finan…

There was a twist to Changing of the Guard on Friday, with guards performing a version of Taylor Swift hit Shake It Off outside Buckingham Palace ahead of the start of her weekend run at Wembley Stadium. #london

General Election latest: Rishi Sunak to call 4 July vote, Sky News understands news.sky.com/story/politics…

Money markets are pricing in a 95% chance that the BoE will hold interest rate at 5.25% - the highest since 2008, but investors will be watching for signs of when the first interest rate cut in four years will come as inflation falls. reuters.com/markets/curren…

Sol and Sonny are finally friends 💗

#Britain's Spring #budget is due on Wednesday ahead of an #election expected this year, and investors are keen to see if finance minister Jeremy Hunt can balance giveaways and growth schemes with high public #debt and above-target inflation. reuters.com/world/uk/likel…

#Portugal #election: who are the key players and what is at stake?theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Ultraprocessed foods should be treated like CIGARETTES, experts say mol.im/a/13135781 via @MailOnline

Wait-and-see mode ahead of inflation data holds euro zone bonds steady finance.yahoo.com/news/wait-see-… via @YahooFinance

Growing #Italy risk puts equities at deepest discount in 35 years reuters.com/markets/europe…

Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…

An Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds for the Israeli army's claim that the strike on the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza was caused by a failed rocket launch.

"Eyewitnesses at the scene said the shell that killed #Issam came from #Israel... I am reiterating my call to the Israeli authorities, who have said they are investigating, to conduct a swift, thorough and #transparent probe into what happened". @Reuters

"The market has priced in an "Everest" scenario, where a rapid rise in interest rates is followed by an equally fast drop, rather than a "Table Mountain" scenario, where rates flat-line at higher levels." reuters.com/markets/asia/p…

Morning from my brave dog, hiding from my new cats

"#Hamas used an unprecedented intelligence tactic to mislead Israel over the last months, by giving a public impression that it was not willing to go into a fight or confrontation with #Israel while preparing for this massive operation," the source said. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

What is the outlook for euro, sterling and other European currencies as central banks are nearing the end of rate hikes, which have granted some support to those currencies so far? Read @naomi_rovnick and @DharaRanasinghe story reuters.com/article/europe…

Who would have thought that the STOXX retailers index (.SXRP) would be the best performing sector so far in 2023!

European retailers risk dressing-down from investors as consumers flinch reuters.com/business/retai…

First two weeks of September are one of the worst for #fixed income (almost in the entire year) as investors come back from their holidays and brace for heavy supply, Jefferies