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Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/18/central-bank-bosses-enlist-for-war-game-to-gauge-threat-of-lehman-style-bust #Banking #BankOfEngland #FederalReserve #Business #UkNews #UsEconomy #UsNews #Regulators #LehmanBrothers #WorldNews #InternationalMonetaryFundImf
Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bank

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Senate Democrats move to stall Trump’s ‘absurd’ bid to install new Federal Reserve chair https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/16/senate-democrats-trump-new-federal-reserve-chair #FederalReserve #UsNews #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsSenate #UsEconomy #Business #Economics
Senate Democrats move to stall Trump’s ‘absurd’ bid to install new Fed chair

Democratic lawmakers urged Republican leaders to postpone the confirmation hearing of Kevin Warsh

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Trump news at a glance: president renews threats against federal reserve chair, pushes his replacement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #UsisraelWarOnIran #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UkNews #UsSupremeCourt #UsEconomy
Trump news at a glance: president renews threats against federal reserve chair, pushes his replacement

Trump reiterated his claim that Powell is doing a ‘bad job’ as justice department continues with criminal investigation into Powell over renovations at the Fed’s headquarters – key US politics stories from 15 April at a glance

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US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster subsidiary operated monopoly https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/live-nation-ticketmaster-monopoly-ruling #Business #Ticketmaster #UsNews #Economics #UsEconomy #ConsumerAffairs #Music
US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster subsidiary operated monopoly

Verdict in states’ lawsuit says concert giant stifled competition, raising pressure for changes to ticketing market

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Wall Street scales fresh record high as investors bet on end of Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/stock-market-record-high-iran-war #Business #StockMarkets #UsNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsEconomy #Economics
Wall Street scales fresh record high as investors bet on end of Iran war

The S&P breached 7,000 points for the first time in history, in a rally that erased stark losses incurred at start of war

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Big US banks rake in near-$50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/big-us-banks-profit-iran-war-markets-morgan-stanley-jp-morgan #Banking #UsEconomy #JpMorgan #BankOfAmerica #GoldmanSachs #StockMarkets #Business #UsNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #WorldNews
Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets

Six lenders, including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan report jump in first-quarter earnings

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Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell amid pressure campaign https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/trump-threatens-fire-fed-chair-jerome-powell #FederalReserve #JeromePowell #DonaldTrump #UsNews #Economics #Business #UsEconomy
Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell amid pressure campaign

US president says he has ‘held back’ on firing the head of the Federal Reserve leading up to end of Powell’s term in May

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Trump’s push to cut interest rates has echoes of ‘banana republic’, says Yellen https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/donald-trump-cut-interest-rates-janet-yellen-us-inflation #UsInterestRates #UsEconomy #JanetYellen #FederalReserve #Economics #Business #DonaldTrump #UsNews #WorldNews
Trump’s push to cut interest rates has echoes of ‘banana republic’, says Yellen

Former US Fed chair says lowering rates to reduce debt service cost can lead to inflation getting out of control

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Republicans struggle to highlight Trump’s cuts as Americans see little effect on Tax Day – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/15/donald-trump-iran-economy-tax-day-voter-id-latest-news-updates #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics #Republicans #Democrats #UsCongress #DonaldTrump #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsSenate #Iran #UsEconomy #UsNews
House Democrats file six articles of impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth – US politics live

Lawmakers accuse Hegseth of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ in relation to attack on Iran, deadly strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats and sharing classified information on Signal

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‘Power in the hands of people’: union leaders push to revive ailing US labor movement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/union-leaders-revive-ailing-us-labor-movement #UsUnions #Business #UsNews #BernieSanders #ZohranMamdani #DonaldTrump #Inequality #UsEconomy #WorkersRights
‘Power in the hands of people’: union leaders push to revive ailing US labor movement

Organizers unveil new drive to reverse decline in union membership as workers seek to combat growing wealth inequality

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