Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Mortgage rates moved markedly higher last week, causing overall mortgage demand to drop. Total application volume fell 0.7% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. That was the first decline in five weeks. The average contract interest rate for
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Colorado’s new voter-approved gun initiative has a target unlike those of previous measures meant to reduce gun violence. The tax on guns and ammunition is meant to generate revenue to support cash-strapped victim services, and it’s an open question whether it will affect firearms sales. Use Our Content It can be republished for free. More
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Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor December 17, 2024 A new survey of thousands of American college faculty yielded some shocking results on free speech and academic freedom, with nearly three-in-10 professors stating they feel unable to speak openly over fears about how students, fellow faculty, and administrators might respond. This is just one of
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Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor December 11, 2024 “This is going to fundamentally change the balance of power in the region.” Joel Veldkamp, international communications officer for Christian Solidarity International, a persecution watchdog, is sounding the alarm about what will happen as the result of the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of assassinating top Russian general Igor Kirillov, who died alongside his assistant when a bomb planted on a scooter exploded outside his house in Moscow on Tuesday.
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation accelerated to 2.6 per cent in November, in line with analysts’ predictions, cementing expectations that the Bank of England will hold rates steady at its meeting on Thursday. The year-on-year rise in the
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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. University fees in England are set to surpass £10,000 this parliament, as education secretary Bridget Phillipson draws up plans to continue with inflation-linked fee increases over the next three years. The funding settlement will come
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Microsoft bought twice as many of Nvidia’s flagship chips as any of its largest rivals in the US and China this year, as OpenAI’s biggest investor accelerated its investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Analysts at Omdia, a technology consultancy, estimate that Microsoft bought 485,000 of Nvidia’s “Hopper” chips this year. That put Microsoft far ahead
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Brexit has hit UK trade less than many forecasters predicted thanks to larger companies adapting to red tape at the border, according to research by the London School of Economics. Researchers estimated UK worldwide goods exports and imports fell 6.4 and 3.1 per cent respectively between 2020 and 2022, compared to the levels predicted for
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20844932/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were weaker Tuesday as the New York City Transitional Finance Agency, the last sizable new-issue of 2024, priced for institutions, while U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities saw large losses ahead of the expected FOMC rate decision Wednesday. That weakness that began last week continued through Tuesday, as
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