Market relaxed about outcome of crucial european poll for now

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Despite legitimate concerns this does not look like a repeat of the mini-Budget crisis three years ago

The apologists for the relentless expansion in the size and cost of Britain’s public-sector debt like to point out that other major developed economies face a similar predicament. Although government

The US government has shut down again. But even as the shutdown approached, stocks rose. How could they go up while the single biggest player in the whole economy withdraws? Because maybe it doesn’t m

The right to protest Controversy of the week ...

The next time Keir Starmer “declares he has ‘full confidence’ in a subordinate, they might quickly seek the advice of a headhunter”, says Martin Ivens in Bloomberg. Both Angela Rayner, his ex-deputy P