Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Businesses are bracing for a strike at three dozen US ports that could upend supply chains and raise prices just weeks before election day. The International Longshoremen’s Association says its 25,000 members
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Andresr | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to make its first interest rate cut in years on Wednesday. But homeowners shouldn’t bet on the move as an opportunity to immediately refinance their mortgage. That’s because “a lot of these rate cuts are already priced in,” Chen Zhao, the economic research lead
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Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman.Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg The Federal Reserve cited slower price growth and a softer labor market in its decision to lower interest rates by a half percentage point this week, but one policymaker sees those trends differently.  Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman voted against the decision Wednesday, noting that she would have preferred
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Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. A growing controversy around Lord Waheed Alli’s donations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria risks tarnishing the new government, while propelling the normally discreet Labour donor into the public eye. Lucy Fisher
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A larger than expected federal funds rate cut on Wednesday caught a lot of market experts off guard.  “I was surprised by the size of the cut,” said Vikram Rai, head of municipal markets strategy for Wells Fargo.  ”I was expecting 25 basis points, but you can rationalize 25 or 50.  Muni investors have waited for this,
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Mercedes-Benz lowered its full-year earnings outlook, blaming the weaker projections on China’s worsening macroeconomic conditions. The company on Thursday said its car division now anticipated the return on sales to be in the range of 7.5 per cent to 8.5 per cent, down from its previous expectation of 10 per cent to 11 per cent.
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Municipals were steady to weaker in spots Thursday, as U.S. Treasury yields rose five years and out and equities rallied. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at 64%, the three-year at 66%, the five-year at 66%, the 10-year at 70% and the 30-year at 86%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m. EST read.
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5 per cent after inflation remained steady in August, but indicated it may lower borrowing costs again as soon as November. The Monetary Policy Committee’s eight-to-one
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $6.3 billion budget, the first of her tenure signed into law in the summer, represents her administration’s commitment to making Philadelphia “the safest, cleanest, greenest big city in the nation, with access to economic opportunity for all.” Parker, who became Philadelphia’s 100th mayor and the first woman to hold the position
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