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US-China tariffs to go all out, lowers yuan call: JP Morgan

Bloomberg With little prospect of a restart for US-China trade talks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. now expects an escalation in tensions that will see higher American tariffs on all Chinese imports, sending the yuan sliding to its weakest against the dollar in more than a decade. “JPMorgan has adopted a new baseline that assumes a US-China endgame involving 25 percent ...

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Theresa May plans to raise UK property tax for foreign buyers

Bloomberg Foreign buyers face higher taxes on their purchase of homes in the UK as Prime Minister Theresa May starts unveiling policy plans before her Conservative party conference. The government said it will launch a consultation to increase stamp duty on individuals and companies not paying tax in the UK Ministers are considering a rate ranging from 1 percent to ...

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Money-laundering woes dog Europe’s banks

Bloomberg September was the month when long-running failures to stop money-laundering came back to bite some of Europe’s largest banks. Regulators from Switzerland to the Nordic region and Germany reprimanded institutions for failing to do enough to prevent illicit money flows. While some paid for past misdeeds, others were chastised for continued shortcomings and even had monitors assigned to help ...

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