The UK government has passed welfare reform bills after making concessions, and Hong Kong stocks have beaten stocks in mainland China. Furthermore, inflation in the eurozone rises to 2%, with Europe turning to France to handle rare earths.
It is mentioned in this podcast:
Starmer’s courage to avoid the defeat of the Commons
Hong Kong bull market puts China behind
Eurozone inflation rises to ECB’s 2% target
European companies are turning their eyes to France for the domestic rare earth sector
Today’s FT News Briefing was created by Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, and Fiona Symon. Additional help from Kelly Garry and Michael Lero. Audio co-head performs Topher Forhecz. Our intern is Michaela Schie. The theme song for the show is due to metaphorical music.
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