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Economic Policy News 20 November 2025 - 30 November 2025

World Stock Markets Poised for December 1, 2025 Open as Fed Ends QT and Rate‑Cut Bets Surge

World Stock Markets Poised for December 1, 2025 Open as Fed Ends QT and Rate‑Cut Bets Surge

As the final month of 2025 begins, global investors head into Monday’s open with equity indices near record levels, central banks pivoting toward easier policy, commodities sending mixed signals, and fresh data out of China and Europe challenging the bullish narrative. Monday, December 1, 2025, won’t just mark the start of the last trading month of the year. It’s also…
30 November 2025
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UK Stock Market Wrap, 28–29 November 2025: FTSE 100 Ends Winning Streak as Reeves’ Budget and AI Bubble Fears Loom

UK Stock Market Wrap, 28–29 November 2025: FTSE 100 Ends Winning Streak as Reeves’ Budget and AI Bubble Fears Loom

LONDON — 29 November 2025 The UK stock market has closed out a highly charged week in which tax hikes, credit‑rating warnings and talk of an AI‑driven equity bubble collided with hopes of interest‑rate cuts and a weaker inflation outlook. London’s blue‑chip FTSE 100 ended Friday 28 November at 9,720.51, up around 0.3% on the day and roughly 1.7% for the week, but…
29 November 2025
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Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) Share Price Today, 27 November 2025: Capital Return, GST Debate and Market Outlook

Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) Share Price Today, 27 November 2025: Capital Return, GST Debate and Market Outlook

Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) is trading softer on Thursday, 27 November 2025, after a strong run into this week’s inflation-driven market rally and ahead of a major $1.50-per-share capital management payout due next week. At the same time, the conglomerate features in Western Australia’s high‑profile fight over GST funding and is once again being cited as the classic example of how…
27 November 2025
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APRA Caps High‑Debt Home Loans as $4bn National Storage Bid and Rio’s US Asset Sale Shake Australian Markets

APRA Caps High‑Debt Home Loans as $4bn National Storage Bid and Rio’s US Asset Sale Shake Australian Markets

Sydney | 26 November 2025 Australia’s housing and equity markets were hit by a powerful trio of developments today: the banking regulator’s first-ever national cap on highly leveraged home loans, a record A$4.02 billion takeover bid for self‑storage giant National Storage REIT, and Rio Tinto’s plan to sell a suite of US boron assets that supply nearly a third of…
27 November 2025
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UK Budget 2025: Income tax thresholds frozen, ISA limit cut and new levies in £26bn tax raid after OBR leak

UK Budget 2025: Income tax thresholds frozen, ISA limit cut and new levies in £26bn tax raid after OBR leak

LONDON – 26 November 2025 – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a sweeping package of UK tax changes in the Autumn Budget, hours after an extraordinary blunder saw the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) publish key details early on its website. The leaked document confirms tax rises building to £26bn a year by 2029–30, pushing the UK tax burden to a record share…
26 November 2025
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Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves Faces ‘Growth Emergency’ as OBR Leak Reveals Tax Freeze and Slower Growth

Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves Faces ‘Growth Emergency’ as OBR Leak Reveals Tax Freeze and Slower Growth

London, Wednesday 26 November 2025 — Hours before Rachel Reeves stands at the despatch box for her first full Budget as chancellor, Britain’s economic and political stakes have been dramatically raised by a leak of official forecasts and warnings of a deepening “growth emergency”. According to leaked figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), UK GDP is now expected…
26 November 2025
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Stimulus Checks Update Today, November 25, 2025: No New IRS Payment — But State “Relief Checks” and Tariff Dividend Debate Heat Up

Stimulus Checks Update Today, November 25, 2025: No New IRS Payment — But State “Relief Checks” and Tariff Dividend Debate Heat Up

Households across the U.S. are once again asking the same question: “Is there a new stimulus check coming?”As of today, November 25, 2025, the answer at the federal level is still no — but there are real payments going out from states and local guaranteed‑income programs, and a high‑stakes fight in Washington over a proposed $2,000 “tariff dividend” check for…
25 November 2025
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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Climbs as Investors Brace for Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget – 25 November 2025

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Climbs as Investors Brace for Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget – 25 November 2025

UK equities pushed higher on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, as investors positioned for Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget and a fresh batch of US economic data later in the week. The FTSE 100 closed up around 0.6% at 9,588.69, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 outperformed with a 0.7% rise to 21,553.46. Investing Gains were driven by banks, miners and retailers, offsetting sharp falls in insurers…
25 November 2025
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Japan Stock Market Opening Preview for Nov. 25, 2025: Nikkei Futures, BOJ Rate Hike Bets, Rapidus Funding and China Travel Boycott in Focus

Japan Stock Market Opening Preview for Nov. 25, 2025: Nikkei Futures, BOJ Rate Hike Bets, Rapidus Funding and China Travel Boycott in Focus

Japan’s cash equity market reopens on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, after Monday’s holiday — and it’s coming back into a very different world than the one traders left at the end of last week. Wall Street has just logged another powerful tech-led rally on rising expectations of a December U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut. Reuters The Japanese yen is hovering…
24 November 2025
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Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget: £550 Pension Boost, £15bn Welfare Shake‑Up and New Tax Rises Explained

Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget: £550 Pension Boost, £15bn Welfare Shake‑Up and New Tax Rises Explained

London, Monday 24 November 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing a high‑stakes Budget on Wednesday that will combine an above‑inflation pay rise for pensioners, the scrapping of the two‑child benefit cap and a wider £15bn expansion of welfare – all funded by a fresh wave of tax rises hitting wealthier households and millions of workers. Sky News With the UK’s…
24 November 2025
BHP Walks Away from Anglo American Takeover After Fresh Bid, as ASX 200 Rallies on Qube Deal and Fed Rate-Cut Hopes

BHP Walks Away from Anglo American Takeover After Fresh Bid, as ASX 200 Rallies on Qube Deal and Fed Rate-Cut Hopes

24 November 2025 – Market wrap and takeover watch Key points BHP’s renewed Anglo American bid – and its rapid retreat Over the weekend, reports from Bloomberg, the Financial Times and others revealed that BHP had rekindled takeover talks with Anglo American, less than 18 months after walking away from an earlier, highly contentious bid. Financial Times According to those reports, BHP’s latest overture…
24 November 2025
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NatWest Stock Rockets as Q3 Profit Soars – What’s Next for Investors?

NatWest Group Share Price Today (20 November 2025): NWG Edges Lower As UK Budget Jitters Meet Ongoing Buybacks

NatWest Group’s London‑listed shares were slightly weaker on Thursday as traders weighed ongoing share buybacks, fresh product and investment announcements, and mounting nerves ahead of next week’s UK Budget. By late morning in London, NatWest Group plc (LON: NWG) was trading around 580p, down roughly 0.24% on the day. The stock opened at 585p and has traded in a 577.2p–585.4p range so far, on volume of about 1.6…
20 November 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Salesforce stock hits seven-week low; investors watch Davos AI push
    January 18, 2026, 5:00 PM EST. Salesforce (CRM) closed Friday at $227.11, down about 2.8% and at its lowest close since Nov. 26, extending a four-session slide and dropping roughly 12% for the week, according to StockAnalysis and MarketWatch. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for MLK Day; trading resumes Tuesday. With no earnings update or guidance change, moves may be sentiment-driven. The company is pushing its Agentforce AI and an on-site concierge app, EVA, at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Jan. 19-23). SEC filings show director Neelie Kroes sold 3,893 shares near $238.70. Analysts, including Aptus Capital's David Wagner, warn AI monetization timing is uncertain and note a rotation into semiconductors.
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