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Federal Reserve officials see a rising risk that inflation may remain sticky in the US as policymakers begin wrestling with the impact of policies from the incoming Trump administration, according to the minutes of the US central bank’s latest meeting.

While officials believe inflation will continue to move toward 2%, …

It is “not unusual” for UK-listed companies to carry legal risks around the world, Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority,

told the FT last month

Two gas power station owners will be paid more than £12m to supply just three hours of electricity on Wednesday evening after freezing weather led to some of the highest market prices since the energy crisis began.

Britain faced surging power prices after Great Britain’s grid operator warned it would …

Rachel Reeves took the rare step of issuing a public statement for the second successive day on Wednesday, insisting she has an “iron grip” on the public finances, as the sell-off in bond markets intensified.

The cost of 10-year government borrowing hit its highest level since the global financial crisis …

My partner Philippe Carden, who has died aged 74 of oesophageal cancer, was a well-known accountant in the field of theatre, film, television and the arts.

He was passionate about all the performing arts and he combined this with a talent for making personal tax less daunting. He was much …

The toy-train maker Hornby enjoyed bumper trading in the final three months of last year, marking a turnaround for the Kent-based company, which has struggled since a hobby boom during the Covid pandemic.

Sales at the model train firm, which also sells toy planes and cars under the Airfix, Scalextric …

Rachel Reeves has a

bond market

For the past 15 years, western governments have been able …

Hotels, short-term lets and campsites in Edinburgh will start charging a visitor levy on all overnight stays in May, in a phased introduction to the scheme.

The levy, the first mandatory city-wide scheme in the UK, will be payable on all stays from July next year that are booked from …

The Bank of England plans to slash the “reporting burden” on UK banks and allow insurers to make riskier investments without initial approval, as it comes under

government pressure to ease regulations

Sam Woods, a deputy governor at the Bank who leads …

The six biggest banks in the US have all quit the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, with the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as president expected to bring political backlash against climate action.

JP Morgan is the latest to withdraw from the UN-sponsored netzero banking alliance (NZBA), following …