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Apr 2024
11m 15s

Higher for even longer

Financial Times
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Traders slashed bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, the US audit regulator issued its biggest fine ever against KPMG, and the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group plans to cut jobs in risk management after an internal review found the function was a “blocker to our strategic transformation”.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Markets slash rate cut bets after US inflation rises to 3.5%

Investors lose hope of rapid US interest rate cuts this year

KPMG fined $25mn over exam cheating scandal at firm’s Dutch arm

Lloyds Bank axes risk staff after executives complain they are a ‘blocker’

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Cara Shillenn, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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