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From rate cuts to a rate hike: what May’s jobs report and Warsh’s first FOMC mean for US savers, borrowers and retirees
Read more: From rate cuts to a rate hike: what May’s jobs report and Warsh’s first FOMC mean for US savers, borrowers and retireesMay’s +172,000 jobs report flipped the market from pricing Federal Reserve rate cuts to pricing a hike. Here is what Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting on 16-17 June means for US savers, borrowers, and retirees, and why the Fed’s balance sheet matters as much as the rate.
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Your 2027 Social Security check is 3.6% bigger. Your 2032 check might be 24% smaller. Both are true.
Read more: Your 2027 Social Security check is 3.6% bigger. Your 2032 check might be 24% smaller. Both are true.Your 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment could be approximately 4%. Your 2032 Social Security check might be approximately 24% smaller if the Trust Fund depletes without congressional action. Both projections are real. We set out the data, the OBBBA acceleration, and the planning posture across three reader age cohorts.
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Enhancing Financial Services Bill: what the 2026 King’s Speech actually changes for consumers
Read more: Enhancing Financial Services Bill: what the 2026 King’s Speech actually changes for consumersThe Enhancing Financial Services Bill at the 13 May 2026 King’s Speech bundles five strands: PSR absorbed into the FCA, FOS reform (a new ‘rule-compliant equals fair’ test and a 10-year absolute time limit), SMCR Phase 2, an updated ring-fencing regime and credit union expansion. Plus an FCA Regulatory Initiatives Grid sidebar and the parallel…