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FirstFT: Xi Jinping says US and China must ‘coexist in peace’ at White House summit
Also in today’s newsletter: Tencent launches payments app for foreign tourists and HSBC scraps another perk for Hong Kong bankers
US long-term borrowing costs touch highest level since 2004
Rising yields strain public finances after brutal sell-off in US Treasuries market
Foreign relations as it happened: Xi Jinping says US and China must ‘coexist in peace’ in historic White House visit, Benjamin Netanyahu tells UN Israel and US launched Iran war to ‘save civilisation’
Chinese leader met US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington for wide-ranging talks between the superpowers against the backdrop of UN General Assembly week
Burnham under pressure to lobby Trump on US diesel export ban
Reform’s Robert Jenrick contacts Trump administration as prices at UK pumps near record high
US mortgage rates breach 7% as affordability pressures mount
Surging yields on government bonds and rising oil prices from the war in Iran drive inflation fears as national elections near
Rate rise ‘increasingly likely’ if energy price shock persists, says BoE official
Clare Lombardelli says there would be limits to companies’ ability to absorb high energy prices
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A View from the Bridge - September 2026
The Bank of England sat on the sidelines Thursday at the September rate hiking party after the ECB (2.5%) the Fed (3.875%) and the Bank of Japan all raised rates by 25bp.
PegasusCapital - 18/09/2026
