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Top trade union official accuses UK government of ‘Thatcherism on steroids’

Scotland’s top trade union official has accused the UK Government of deploying ‘Thatcherism on steroids’ after the pound plunged to a new low.

The Independent UK

Kwarteng faces massive market turmoil after disastrous day for sterling

The Treasury moved to settle the markets with the promise of a Budget next spring as the pound tumbled against the dollar on Monday.

The Independent UK

U.K. tax cut proposals reverberate across markets

The country's central bank issued a rare statement that failed to stem the financial market fallout.

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Interest rate hikes may slow as headwinds buffet NZ economy

Interest rates are rising but that could slow – begging the question of why the Reserve Bank would ease off and what this will mean for NZ markets.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kwasi Kwarteng to reveal new fiscal rules in November amid market panic

Chancellor to set out medium-term ‘fiscal plan’ – but no proper budget until spring 2023, says Treasury

The Independent UK

Europe's outlook "darkening, ECB head hedges on recession

The head of the European Central Bank says the economic outlook “is darkening” and she expects business activity to “slow substantially” in the coming months as high energy and food prices pushed up by the war in Ukraine sap consumer spending power

The Independent UK

Boston Fed's Collins says 'higher unemployment' needed

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

The Independent UK

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Pound hits all-time low in backlash at Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax cuts

Pound crashes to its lowest level against the dollar since 1971

Evening Standard

Personal and corporate insolvencies on the rise

IInsolvency Trade body R3 said said the rise

Birmingham Post

Tax-cut plan pulls British pound to 40-year low against US dollar

The pound trades against the dollar at levels last seen in the early 1980s as the UK struggles to fight inflation.

Al Jazeera

Tax cut plans pull British pound to 4 decade lows

The British pound has resumed a slide that picked up pace last week after the U.K.’s new government outlined plans to cut taxes and boost spending

The Independent UK

Pound hits all-time low against dollar and is now worth just $1.03 after Mini-Budget

The pound plunged to a record $1.03 low against the US dollar this morning as international markets continued to reject Kwasi Kwarteng's tax-cutting Mini-Budget

Daily Mirror

Why the ‘Barber boom’ that Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget recalls was destined for disaster

A reckless dash for growth is nothing new. Ted Heath’s chancellor Anthony Barber tried one in 1971, but it didn’t turn out well

The Guardian - UK

Beto O’Rourke says US guest-worker program would help slow inflation

Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat running for Texas governor, said his plan for a guest-worker program would help slow inflation and alleviate a worker shortage that plagues agriculture and other U.S. industries.

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Bangkok Post

Shifting into the new equilibrium

From our point of view, the global economic landscape in the fourth quarter will be very important. We believe that the coming quarter will bring a shift in the global economic picture to a new equilibrium.

Bangkok Post

Pound sinks in reaction to huge UK stimulus

LONDON: The British pound plunged to a 37-year low and stocks sank after the government delivered the most sweeping tax cuts since 1972, as economists warned that the ambitious plan was unsustainable at a time when inflation is rampant.

The Independent UK

Treasury minister claims mini-Budget has boosted pound – as it hits 37-year low

Chris Philp red-faced after saying ‘Great to see sterling strengthening on the back of the new UK Growth Plan’

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis brands the mini-budget ‘staggering’

Lewis said ‘I really hope it works. I really worry what happens if it doesn’t’

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Evening Standard

City Comment: Tax giveaways at odds with wider sentiment

Some warm words today from our new chancellor. Kwasi Kwarteng wants to “turn the vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth”, something he believes can be achieved by a bunch of supposedly City-pleasing tax cuts.

The Independent UK

Pound plummets to 37-year low as Kwarteng unveils ‘growth plan’ for UK economy

Former Bank of England policy maker cautions government’s economic plan will “end in tears”

Dublin Live

Budget 2023: Irish businesses may be in line for energy credits and other supports

As many Dublin businesses, particularly those in the retail and hospitality sectors, face into an uncertain winter with soaring energy bills they may receive much needed assistance

The Independent UK

What is inflation and what is its current rate in the UK and Europe?

UK inflation fell this week as fuel prices dropped

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Levin: Fed splits the difference on labor market pain

The Federal Reserve is inching toward acknowledging how painful its inflation fight is likely to be, but it’s still a lot closer to the optimists than the pessimists.

The Independent UK

UK Treasury chief to set out tax-slashing emergency budget

The U.K. government will publish an emergency budget statement outlining how it plans to slash taxes, tame soaring inflation and boost economic growth as a recession looms on the horizon

The Independent UK

Minister denies markets fear ‘gamble’ of tax-slashing mini-budget as borrowing costs leap

‘What the markets want to know is whether the UK economy is going to grow’, Simon Clarke insists – as he rejects claims of ‘trickle-down economics’

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