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UK politics
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 days agoStarmer's speech a decisive test for bond markets and investors - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Clear fiscal discipline and assurances against further tax shocks are essential to prevent higher borrowing costs, investment flight, and damage to pensions and businesses.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoLabour's internal warfare breaks open as Starmer and ministers criticise Andy Burnham
Keir Starmer and cabinet ministers rebuked Andy Burnham for dismissing bond markets and proposing radical economic measures, warning such views risk a Truss-style financial crisis.
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago'Leap before you look': Baroness Morrissey on markets, leadership and free speech
I worry about complacency. Fiscal room for manoeuvre is thin across the developed world, and the toolkit that helped during the financial crisis-large‑scale QE, in particular-can't be mobilised in the same way again. Yields have risen sharply but mostly in an orderly fashion; we've not had many "cliff‑edge" moments outside Japan. That doesn't mean we're safe. If market participants decide they will only finance governments at much higher rates, the spiral can be vicious. We're vulnerable to that kind of shift in sentiment.
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France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoLet France be a warning, Rachel Reeves: stand up to the bond market vigilantes, or they'll come for Britain next | Larry Elliott
France faces a political crisis as a new prime minister must pass an austerity budget through a minority government under intense bond-market pressure.
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