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Stocks Set to Open Sharply Higher as Investors Await Key U.S. Economic Data and Big Tech Earnings

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are up +0.61%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.70% this morning as investors looked ahead to earnings reports from some of the biggest tech heavyweights as well as key economic data, including a payrolls report, the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge,…

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Key Earnings, GDP and Other Can't Miss Items this Week

The earnings releases are stacked deep this week with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and AMD all reporting.

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Kemi Badenoch storming towards victory against Robert Jenrick in race to be next Tory leader, new survey

A survey of party members suggested Kemi Badenoch had maintained her lead over Mr Jenrick.

Evening Standard

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Jenrick says Nato countries should raise defence spending to 3% of GDP

Robert Jenrick also said the West should reduce its dependency on China and prepare for China to invade Taiwan ‘within three years’.

Evening Standard

South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report

The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s petrochemical sector. It produces petrochemicals, plastics, chemicals essential to key industries such as agriculture (fertilisers) and mining (explosives), and 30% of the country’s liquid fuels. These value chains are very…

The Conversation

A UN report says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade

U.N. agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against Hamas

The Independent UK

‘Utter ruin’: Gaza economy would take 350 years to return to pre-conflict level, UN says

Report says ‘intense military operations in Gaza have left unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe’

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How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis

More than half of the world’s total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. A quarter of animal and planet species are now threatened, and 14 out of 18 key ecosystem services – including fertile soils to grow food,…

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UK borrowing surges past official forecasts ahead of Budget

The ONS said public sector net borrowing in the first half of the financial year stood at £79.6 billion, £6.7 billion higher than forecast by the OBR.

Evening Standard

China stocks move up on GDP growth surprise as US stocks flirt with record highs

US markets continue to flirt with record highs.

Fortune

Global Public Debt To Surpass $100 Trillion in 2024: IMF

Amid spending pressures and slow development, the International Monetary Fund warns of a growing global debt crisis, projecting $100 trillion in debt by 2024 and 93% of GDP by 2030.

International Business Times

How to make sure the budget secures the investment Britain needs

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to “rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment” in the UK. He was speaking at his government’s first international investment summit, an attempt to encourage the finance and business worlds to put more money into the country.

The Conversation

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040: Morgan Stanley

Europe is unlikely to find a solution to an aging population hammering the region’s economy.

Fortune

Fitch agency maintains France's 'AA-' credit rating but downgrades outlook

Fitch Ratings revised France's long-term outlook to "negative" on Friday while keeping its rating at AA-. The company cited increased fiscal policy risks, with government debt moving toward 118.5 percent of GDP by 2028.

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French public debt reaches record high: Is France the sick man of Europe?

France's debt has reached a record €3.228 trillion, amounting to 112 percent of GDP. That is well above the cap set by EU rules. Of course, France isn't the only member state to have racked up debt during the Covid pandemic and the energy crisis. Several countries have been reprimanded…

The Guardian - UK

‘Sigh of relief’ for Labour as UK economy returns to growth; BlackRock hits $11.5tn of assets – as it happened

UK GDP rose by 0.2% in August, reports Office for National Statistics, with accountancy, retail and many manufacturers having strong months

France 24

French PM to present 2025 budget to cabinet with financial markets in mind

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier will hold a cabinet meeting this Thursday where he'll unveil his budget plan for 2025. His bid to reduce the deficit from 6.1 percent of GDP will be looked at closely on international bond markets and by the country's disparate political forces. Also in this…

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Hurricane Milton's Potential Impact On US Economy

Hurricane Milton's projected impact on the US economy includes job losses, reduced GDP, and disruptions in various sectors.

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Why Is the Fed Slashing Rates in a Strong Economy? Why Investors Are Worried And a 'Goldilocks' Jobs Report Is the Key

In September 2024, the Federal Reserve made a surprising move by slashing interest rates by 50 basis points—a bigger cut than most economists had predicted. While rate cuts are usually a sign of an economic slowdown, U.S. GDP remains relatively strong, leaving many market watchers puzzled. So, why the rate...

Latin Times

Latinas Are Powering U.S. Economic Growth, Outpacing Non-Hispanic Growth

Latinas' economic output surpasses the entire economy of Florida and places Latina economic output behind only California, Texas, and New York.

France 24

Budget squeeze: Digging France out of its fiscal hole

The French government plans to subject the budget to a €60 billion belt-tightening drive next year in the hope of bringing the deficit down to 5 percent of GDP from an estimated more than 6 percent this year. Two-thirds of that sum are to come from spending cuts, and the…

International Business Times

Israel-Hamas War Causes 86-percent Dive In Gaza GDP: IMF

A year of conflict between Israel and Hamas has resulted in a "devastating impact on the economy" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, the IMF said Thursday, including a nearly 90 percent drop in Gaza's GDP. "Preliminary official estimates indicate an 86 percent decline in GDP in the first…

The Conversation

Food scarcity in Liberia: how women who run households cope

Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals.…

The Independent UK

Trump says Taiwan should spend more on defence – while it waits for $20bn of US weapons

European lawmakers call out Trump’s ‘unnecessary bluster and unrealistic demands’ from Taiwan in the face of Chinese aggression

Radio France Internationale

French PM vows more taxes and spending cuts to reduce 'colossal' debt

Prime Minister Michel Barnier pledged new taxes and public spending cuts to reduce a "colossal" debt, in a policy address to the French parliament. France's debt reached more than 110 percent of GDP in the second quarter of 2024.

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