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FINANCIAL TIMES
Without Fear and Without Favour
Saturday September 5 / Sunday September 6 2026UK Edition • Print No. 49,812£4.60 • €5.20
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MONETARY POLICY
Global Central Banks Signal Coordinated Liquidity Shift Ahead of Fiscal Summits
Sterling strengthens as gilt yields steady; G7 finance ministers prepare joint communique on supply-chain resilient financing.
International monetary authorities have signaled a decisive turning point in cross-border balance-sheet posture following high-level bilateral consultations in Basel. Senior central bank officials indicated that benchmark interest rate trajectories will harmonize with ongoing treasury issuance schedules. Market participants have adjusted pricing models in anticipation of the G7 economic communique...
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UK ECONOMY
Chancellor Eyes Targeted Infrastructure Relief in Autumn Spending Review
Treasury officials weigh capital allowances to spur domestic regional industrial investment.
Whitehall advisers have formulated targeted tax write-offs for advanced engineering and clean grid connectors ahead of next month's parliamentary fiscal statement. Business groups welcomed the policy revision...
High-level delegations convene at Lancaster House to synchronize infrastructure investment criteria and debt sustainability guarantees. Photograph by Simon Dawson / Bloomberg.
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Semiconductor Valuations: Beyond The Foundry Squeeze
Why silicon margin compression will separate packaging specialists from commodity fab operators.
Capital expenditure cycles in custom silicon are reaching their third-year expansion hurdle. Operating cash flows across tier-one foundries show divergence as substrate supply chains normalize...