Britain is entering a “new era of higher taxation”, combined with strained public services and the longest stagnation in real wages for more than 200 years, two leading think-tanks said on Friday. Publishing their analyses of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Resolution Foundation said the chancellor was dealing with
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Municipals improved again Thursday pushing the 10-year triple-A yield firmly below 3% while inflows into municipal bond mutual funds returned after 14 consecutive weeks of outflows. U.S. Treasuries saw losses and equities ended down after Federal Reserve officials tempered expectations of a slowdown in rate hikes. Triple-A yields fell by three to six basis points,
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Inflation, rising interest rates and increasing construction costs are weighing on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Some projects that were budgeted and started at the beginning of the inflation spiral are now in jeopardy. While the IIJA provides billions of grant dollars, municipal experts say hurdles remain for state and local
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Major cryptocurrency exchanges continue to carry out measures in the aftermath of FTX collapse, now halting deposits in Solana-based Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). Binance announced on Nov. 17 that deposits of Solana-based USDT and USDC have been “temporarily suspended until further notice” on the platform. The exchange referred to the tokens as “USDT (SOL)”
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Jeremy Hunt, chancellor, confronted the fiscal “storm” battering Britain on Thursday, announcing £55bn of tax rises and spending cuts intended to restore the country’s reputation and shore up its frail balance sheet. Two months after Kwasi Kwarteng, Hunt’s predecessor, sparked market panic with a “mini” Budget that included £45bn of unfunded tax cuts, the chancellor’s
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Singapore’s state-owned investment firm Temasek revealed despite eight months of due diligence in 2021, it didn’t find any significant red flags in FTXs financials before deciding to invest $275 million into the now-bankrupt crypto exchange. Like many of FTX’s more than one million creditors, the Singapore-based firm has been left blindsided by the collapse of
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Municipals rallied across the yield curve Wednesday, outperforming U.S. Treasuries and seeing the greatest gains out long after stronger retail sales data signaled the Fed’s tightening is not yet over, pushing equities into the red. Retail sales increased 1.3% in October, slightly above the consensus forecast of 1.0% and a significant improvement from the flat
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As environmental, social, and governance continues to dominate many discussions of bond issuance and marketing the people on the front lines are constantly testing the limits of the label and contemplating how and if it dovetails with their needs. The topic was explored in depth by a group of experts during a Tuesday panel at
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