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Jason GoldbergBarclays Bank PLC, Research Division I’m Jason Goldberg, and I cover the U.S. large-cap bank stocks here at Barclays. Thank you for attending our 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference. The feedback so far has been it’s a very productive morning, and we look forward to continuing on with another 2 days — or…

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Key insight: A new survey of consumer credit companies by the American Financial Services Association found they have a negative outlook on business conditions for the first time in two years. What’s at stake: The downturn in expectations is likely a reflection of the potential for higher interest rates, as well as a decline in…

Issuance and Oil Strike Back 1 Hour, 21 Min ago Issuance and Oil Strike Back Oil prices continue to ebb and flow in concert with the Iran war news cycle. There’s no set schedule for such things, but there have been several Mondays where that narrative shifts in the opposite direction from…

We spend a lot of time talking about how we increase housing delivery. From where I sit, the bigger challenge isn’t finding sites. It’s keeping viable ones moving. All too often, we are seeing viable schemes falter as they become tangled in a web of planning delays, changing regulatory requirements, funding complications and shifting…

Labor force exits drive unemployment lower The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, its lowest reading since June 2025, but the dip came for the wrong reasons. Some 264,000 Americans exited the labor force entirely in July, dragging the participation rate to 61.4%, its lowest level since February 2021. The share of the population either working or actively…