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20.05.26 - 19:00
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The Treasury′s supermarket food price cap wheeze was bananas | Nils Pratley (The Guardian)
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Retailers such as M&S need not worry – the UK is not in a state of emergency and competition is clearly workingCall for food price caps 'preposterous', says M&S boss“Completely preposterous,” said Stuart Machin, chief executive of Marks & Spencer, about the Treasury's proposal for voluntary price caps on food staples. He was outdone in the outrage stakes by City analyst Clive Black at Shore Capital, who thought the government “appears to be losing its mind in an orgy of neo-Soviet policy ideas”.Both men can probably calm down. First, it's not the first time a panicky administration, feeling the heat from cost-of-living pressures caused by rising energy costs, has flirted with the notion of limited and voluntary price caps in supermarkets. The last time was 2023 under the Tory premiership of Rishi Sunak, who is few people's idea of a neo-Soviet apparatchik. Second, as with Sunak's dalliance, it's not going to happen. Treasury ministers on Wednesday barely bothered to defend the...
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20.05.26 - 18:48
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AI Boom Adds Pressure to Warsh′s Bond-Market Bind (Bloomberg)
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With Kevin Warsh set to take office on Friday and the war-driven price shock sending bond yields higher, analysts say a widely-used indicator is suggesting AI is worsening the Fed's inflation problem.
James Egelhof, Chief US Economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the Fed's rate path, inflation pressures, and how AI ties into the mix. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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20.05.26 - 17:42
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A 220% Bond Rally Snaps as Venezuela Euphoria Gets Reality Check (Bloomberg)
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To the investors who had snapped up Venezuela's defaulted bonds at beaten-down prices, it was the moment they were waiting for: Acting President Delcy Rodriguez's government announced that it was moving quickly to kick off negotiations aimed at restructuring its $170 billion pile of debt....
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20.05.26 - 16:00
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Chase-Offerte: 4 Prozent Zinsen aufs Tagesgeld (Fundresearch)
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Der Finanzdienstleister Chase bietet seit Mai 2026 in Deutschland ein digitales Tagesgeldkonto an. Zum Start gibt es einen befristeten Zinssatz von 4 Prozent für vier Monate, danach gilt ein variabler Zinssatz. Weitere Banking-Produkte sind bis Ende 2028 geplant....
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