Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK economic activity increased at the fastest pace for seven months in January despite the crisis in the Red Sea adding to manufacturing price pressures, according to a closely watched survey. The surprisingly strong growth,
An appeals court ruling against Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders may hold positives for them, analysts say. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel of three judges on Monday rejected GoldenTree Asset Management and Syncora Guarantee’s motion to lift the bankruptcy’s stay, which would have allowed the bondholders to appoint
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump will win the New Hampshire Republican primary, the Associated Press projected on Tuesday night, cementing his frontrunner status and raising questions about whether Nikki Haley would end her bid for the White House.
In this article ZG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images The top 10 hottest housing markets are expected to be spread across the South, Northeast and Midwest this year, according to an analysis by real estate marketplace Zillow. But a “hot” market isn’t always great for would-be buyers.
Municipals were weaker in spots amid an active primary market that saw a billion-dollar-plus retail order from the Regents of the University of California price and Washington sell just shy of $1 billion general obligation bonds in the competitive market. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities were mixed near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government borrowed much less than expected in December, in a boost to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to cut taxes ahead of this year’s expected general election. Public sector borrowing fell to £7.8bn last
A California plan to build a tunnel for freshwater to bypass the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta has run into a legal obstacle. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has denied the California Department of Water Resources request to validate $16 billion in bonds to finance the Delta Conveyance Project. The Delta tunnel project would divert
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US and UK launched another round of joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday, the second time that Britain has been directly involved in the military action targeting the Iran-backed rebel
BEIJNG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 13: Illuminated skyscrapers stand at the central business district at sunset on November 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Gao Zehong/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Deflation may soon start biting into Chinese growth, as Beijing looks at another three to six months of
Municipals were mixed Monday ahead of a heavy new-issue slate while U.S. Treasuries were better and equities saw smaller gains after last week’s record-breaking moves. Munis continue to struggle in 2024, with the asset class seeing negative returns of 1.01% so far this year. This is a turnaround “from the last quarter of 2023 in
A week ago in Iowa, Ron DeSantis scathingly described how Donald Trump was forcing Republican politicians to “kiss the ring” of the former president in order to earn his praise and avoid public humiliation. But on Sunday afternoon the Florida governor wasted no time in bowing down to Trump, endorsing him as he exited the
A Congress that just narrowly avoided a government shutdown is getting a fresh wish list from a wide cross section of organizations of issuers, including calls for preserving the tax exemption on municipal bonds. The letter originates from the Public Finance Network, which encompasses twenty-four issuer organizations including the Government Finance Officers Association, the National
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The world’s most successful hedge funds made their biggest profits on record last year as punchy bets on stock markets paid off when share prices surged. The top 20 managers made profits for investors of
In this article DASH AMZN NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon worker walks past his Amazon Prime delivery truck in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Worries over the prospect of elevated interest rates for a longer time horizon linger on investors’ minds, even as
Dubai’s property boom in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the fastest in the world, fueled by investor-friendly reforms and a surge in expat demand, particularly from Russia in the wake of the start of Moscow’s full-scale war with Ukraine. Some of Dubai’s luxury developments cater specifically to Russian buyers, with
Federal transportation and housing funding will continue to flow until early March after Congress late Thursday passed a short-term appropriations bill a day ahead of a partial government shutdown. “There will not be a shutdown on Friday,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “Because both sides have worked together, the government will stay open.
A third of UK universities saw a decline in overseas non-EU applicants in 2023, almost twice as many as the previous year, according to a Financial Times analysis of data from the university admissions service. The cooling of international demand for a swath of British higher education institutions came as overall non-EU applications grew 3.6
The Illinois Supreme Court Friday upheld pension consolidation legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker that was challenged in court by more than a dozen suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds. The case, Arlington Heights Police Pension Fund et al. v. JB Pritzker et al., had pitted the governor and General Assembly against a
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Assets managed by the Chinese operations of Bridgewater and Two Sigma surged as the US hedge funds outperformed their local peers during the market turbulence of last year. Bridgewater China Investment Management, the local arm
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images While rent payments do not traditionally affect your credit, a growing number of so-called rent-reporting services are trying to change that. These services track users’ rent-paying habits and report them to one or more of the big credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — with the aim
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