Remember being told to ‘wait until your father gets home’ or sitting outside the headmaster’s office? And then, when they arrive, you get a cheery greeting and some sweets or pocket money, not the expected dressing down? A relief, though you know in the pit of your stomach there will eventually be hell to pay. We were all expecting the worst from an Autumn Budget. Instead, we’ll get some, hopefully livelihood-saving. goodies. But rest assured, there’s a beating to come….
“Stocks surge and yields stabilise as Trump tariffs paused”
“The reason our stock market is so successful is because of me. I’ve always been great with money, I’ve always been great with jobs, that’s what I do”, said the man himself about (of course) himself. And, yes, one tweet, if we’re still allowed to use that old Woke term, on Truth Social can indeed send markets firmly up as well as down.