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Treasury Doubles Long-Dated Bond Buybacks — and Lights a Fire Under Every Hard Asset
The expansion of liquidity-support operations to at least $4 billion per operation pushed yields and the dollar lower. Gold, silver, and Bitcoin all noticed.
Disney+ and Netflix Are Buying Into Football Without Buying the Football
UK broadcasters pay £1.67bn a year for live Premier League rights. The streamers are buying the talk shows instead.
Britain's Zero-Hours Reform Lands in 2027, and the Detail Is Still Missing
1.23 million people work zero-hours as their main job. The reform will cost up to £2.9bn — and the rules remain unwritten.
Should Working From Home Be a Legal Right?
Victoria was weeks from enforcing one before business pressure delayed it. In Portugal, parents of young children already have it.
Gold Is Having Its Best Month Since January — and This Time the Flows Agree
Up around 10% in August with ETF inflows back after two months of outflows, the metal's rally has broadened from price action into allocation.
One Week of Soft Data Cut September Hike Odds From 50% to 31%
Jobs, CPI, and PPI all undershot in the same week — flipping the rate calculus and clearing the runway for gold's best month since January.
Now That Nostalgia Is Big Business, It May Be Disappearing
Companies got so good at selling the past that they made it permanently available — and in doing so weakened the feeling they were selling.
Heat Stress Is Now a Leading Cause of Weather-Related Sick Leave
A survey of 1,288 workers across seven exposed sectors. There is still no legal maximum working temperature in the UK.
Britain's Night Economy Is Worth £110bn. It Has No Policy.
A business rates cut for pubs and clubs was welcome. But 27% of the workforce works nights, and most of them are not in hospitality.
Cooler July CPI Knocks the Dollar Back; Gold Clears $4,400 as Silver Runs Past $67
The inflation print that mattered most this summer came in under forecasts — and the metals complex treated it as a starting gun.
The Invisible Rate: Inside N26's Unlisted 4% Deposit Program for Scandinavia's Quiet Elite
There is a savings product in Scandinavia that pays 4% interest, and almost no one can get it.
Soft July Jobs Report Sends Crypto and Stocks Higher as Hike Fears Ease
The first big print of the month broke the market's way — and started the chain of soft data that would define August.