Medicare has negotiated steep new prices for 15 high-cost drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic), with negotiated prices set to take effect in 2027.The move…
Global trade tensions, shifting markets, and geopolitical pressure are driving today’s biggest stories.The US has extended key China tariff exclusions in a bid to stabilize relations, while global…
UK politics and European policy are shifting fast, with big moves reshaping economic strategy, energy affordability, defense ambitions, and tech regulation.Rachel Reeves’ tax-heavy budget is testing investor confidence,…
The US Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. This means more for Americans than for those of us in the UK or Europe, but the break has significance for…
Gold prices rose to an over one-week high on Wednesday as hopes for an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve next month increased.Silver prices also rose…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her first Budget before the House of Commons on Wednesday, less than an hour after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) inadvertently published key…
The UK’s influential fiscal watchdog has raised its 2025 growth outlook, but issued a stark downgrade for the rest of the decade.The Office for Budget Responsibility now sees…
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves today set out a Budget that raises £26 billion in tax measures to pay for £11.3 billion of extra spending, a package whose rollout…
Sterling and UK government bonds rose on Wednesday after the Office for Budget Responsibility published its forecasts ahead of schedule, delivering a more optimistic near-term assessment of Britain’s…