The hard hats likely came in handy recently for Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng.
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Liz Truss took over as prime minister with an ambitious plan to cut taxes by the most since 1972 – investors balked after it wasn’t clear how she would pay for it
UK prime minister Liz Truss and chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng on a factory visit after announcing the mini-budget.
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On September 16 1992 the state fought the markets, and the markets won.
A Russian foreign debt will have limited implications for global financial markets but will affect Russia’s credit risk profile.
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The regulatory apparatus designed to oversee investment banking is structurally flawed. To spawn ethical behaviour within traders will require nothing less than a sector-wide cultural change.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is pushing for a ban on active trading by members of Congress following accusations that some of their colleagues may have engaged in insider trading.
AI is all about analysing huge amounts of data so why isn’t it used more in trading?
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A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
Bitcoins may finally be good for more than just speculation and making buttons.
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Decentralized finance makes it easier for virtually anyone to take advantage of financial markets without the need for a bank, but there are new risks as well.
Financial bubbles are frequently depicted as manias.
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Until the late 1800s, moments of widespread high-risk financial gambling weren’t considered manias but the results of individual actors, who bore responsibility for the disastrous results.
Some economists are worried about a growing army of ‘zombie companies’.
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A transcript of episode 10 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on a new technique to prevent predators eating the eggs of endangered birds.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1955.
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WallStreetBets is now reshaping financial markets: Non-professional market participants, or retail investors, are doing the work traditionally performed by financial advisers and analysts.