10-year gilt yields have risen in the past month but are within the range of other pre-budget periodsUK government borrowing costs have risen ahead of Rachel Reeves’s budget on Wednesday.Some City investors say the...
Read MoreThinktank says tax increases in budget will be necessary even if Rachel Reeves changes fiscal rulesWill Rachel Reeves’s rules on debt and spending survive the budget?Keir Starmer’s promise to end austerity and...
Read MoreExclusive: chancellor’s plan to change rules to allow more borrowing for investment comes as cost of government debt risesRachel Reeves is pushing ahead with plans to borrow billions of pounds extra for infrastructure...
Read MoreExclusive: chancellor’s plan to change rules to allow more borrowing comes as cost of government debt risesRachel Reeves is pushing ahead with plans to borrow billions of pounds extra for infrastructure investment, the...
Read MoreExclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general electionSenior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a...
Read MoreStronger than expected job and pay data makes interest rate rise more likely, driving up two-year bond yieldsAnalysis: Don’t rule out half-point interest rate riseBusiness live – latest updatesUK government borrowing...
Read MoreBoE was forced to intervene in markets to prevent run on pension fundsThe Bank of England has finished unwinding the emergency bond-buying scheme it launched to calm the turmoil in financial markets that followed Liz...
Read MoreRishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdomIt was all over for Liz Truss’s war on economic orthodoxy the moment she decided to summon...
Read MoreAfter Bank expands action to stave off ‘fire sale’ in wake of mini-budget, investors ask for longer expiry dateAnalysis: Bank of England lifeboat in choppy watersThe Bank of England is facing growing calls to extend...
Read MorePredictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid slowing growth outlook and sweeping tax cutsKwasi Kwarteng has been handed independent forecasts on the state of the UK finances that are...
Read MoreInitiative may continue beyond December as bank bosses raise concerns over mortgage marketThe chancellor is considering extending the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme after UK bank bosses raised concerns over the...
Read MoreLack of independent forecasts at mini-budget and clash with Bank of England’s inflation strategy prompts cutBusiness live: new downgrade as Kwarteng holds mortgage crisis talksRating agency Fitch lowered the outlook for...
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