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Investors brace for choppiness ahead of US election, Scottish independence, weak US dollar
FromFT News Briefing
Investors brace for choppiness ahead of US election, Scottish independence, weak US dollar
FromFT News Briefing
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9 minutes
Released:
Sep 2, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Traders ratchet up bets on a particularly turbulent US presidential election and a potentially messy aftermath, Nicola Sturgeon revives plans for a possible second Scottish independence referendum, and black former McDonald’s franchisees are suing the fast-food group over discrimination allegations. Plus, the FT’s economics editor, Chris Giles, explains how a weak US dollar is affecting the global economy. Investors gird for choppy markets as race for White House heats up ft.com/content/9ed5be3b-ecfb-4485-a8ff-4b80ee40de5bNicola Sturgeon revives plans for second Scottish independence votehttps://www.ft.com/content/0f0ecf40-f30a-482e-9902-d74276bdc43fMcDonald’s accused of discriminating against black franchiseeshttps://www.ft.com/content/86b89841-4428-4031-9b6d-6341bf6f7cadGlobal economy unlikely to benefit from falling dollarhttps://www.ft.com/content/83c16626-f617-4bb3-872e-fd6723a36c11Google and Apple build contact tracing app https://www.ft.com/content/0ed38c49-fafe-4e7b-bd57-44c705ba52f7 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Sep 2, 2020
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