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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The election is fast approaching and many economic and tax policies are at stake under the guidance of a new president and changes in Congress.  Vice President Harris and former President Trump’s only debate, on Sept. 10, largely ignored discussions on economic
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Munis were little changed in the last session of the month and few deals of size priced, while muni mutual funds saw inflows overall but high-yield saw the first outflows since mid-April. U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities saw losses. “The final session of October concludes what has been an upwardly trending curve all month
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barclays’ chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan has defended Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising Budget, arguing the UK chancellor had done an “admirable job” of balancing spending, borrowing and taxation despite a backlash from company bosses about the increased
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Parents who employ nannies could see their annual childcare bills jump by more than £1,000 from April under measures announced in this week’s Budget. The chancellor’s key tax-raising policy will see employers’ national insurance contributions
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Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Halloween trick-or-treaters and jack-o-lanterns can be downright scary — for your homeowners insurance policy. There is a 14% jump in homeowners insurance claims on Halloween compared to other days of the year, according to Travelers Insurance. Theft on premises claims jump 46%. Trips or falls, thefts, fire and pet-related accidents
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Advisers are racing to rethink UK retirement savings plans after Rachel Reeves’ Budget set out an overhaul to how the government taxes pensions by bringing them under the inheritance tax regime from April 2027.  Inheritance
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October saw issuance eclipse $55 billion led by new-money tax-exempt paper as infrastructure spending needs, election-related concerns and Fed policymaking uncertainty led issuers to tap the capital markets. October’s volume was at $56.63 billion in 985 issues, up 44.3% from $39.235 billion in 767 issues in 2023, according to LSEG data. October’s total is above
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Nora Wittstruck is chief analytical officer for governments at S&P Global Ratings.Bear Gutierrez/Bear Gutierrez Nora Wittstruck is the new chief analytical officer for governments at S&P Global Ratings. Wittstruck takes over from Robin Prunty, who retired in August.  “One of the challenges of whomever would have taken this role is filling her shoes. She is
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UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has now presented her first budget. Deep exhale. What does it mean for gilts? Tl;dr, it’s not a bondholder’s dream. But nor is it the stuff of nightmares. All was going so well for gilts. When Reeves stood up to speak in parliament on Wednesday, 10-year gilts had already rallied around
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The expressway from Shenzhen to Dongguan and Guangzhou, through one of China’s industrial heartlands, boasts almost every vehicle the global market has to offer. Toyota sedans weave aggressively between industrial tankers; sleek Maybachs and Mercedes
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has put out a request for information on its rate card fee setting process, further indication that the board is still working through potential modification and upgrades to how it goes about setting and collecting its underwriting, transactions and trade count fees. This was approved during the board’s first quarter
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This article is an on-site version of Martin Sandbu’s Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters There are five days to go, but even the best coverage of the US presidential election cannot give
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