Hungary finance minister says 2026 deficit would reach 7.5% of GDP

The president hasn’t always approved of Walmart’s moves, having criticized the chain’s response to tariffs last year.

(Bloomberg) — Executives at some of Wall Street’s biggest names have faced a barrage of recent questions about whether artificial intelligence has crippled the value of their software investments. Their answers have a common refrain: There’s nothing to see here.  But public data from mutual funds, which invest in many of these same companies, show…

People don’t tend to listen much to a prime minister with only a few weeks left in office.  But when Keir Starmer stood up last week and spoke at a BAE Systems site in Maidenhead, 30 miles west of London, the real estate sector pricked up its ears.  Starmer announced a £15B increase in defence…

National Friendly has expanded its adviser reach with its suite of protection products now available on across the Primis Mortgage Network. Advisers within the Primis network will now have access to National Friendly’s protection products, accident only income protection, income protection and friendly shield. National Friendly chief executive Graham Singleton says: “We’re delighted to be…

by Calculated Risk on 1/09/2026 10:34:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October A brief excerpt: Note: The Census Bureau is still catching up. They released Start data for September and October today, but we are still missing November data.…The third graph shows…

More homeowners are choosing to invest in their existing property rather than move, with demand for home improvement finance rising. This is according to secured loan broker Loans Warehouse. The comments follow a Reuters report highlighting the latest Nationwide House Price Index, which found UK house prices were flat in June while annual growth slowed…