In todays brief:

• Global trade tensions & US tariffs

• UK economic policy under Rachel Reeves

• Central bank rate shifts (BOE, BOJ, RBNZ)

• Inflation & consumer spending trends

• AI disruption & tech regulation

• Cryptocurrency surge & US crypto policy

• Climate change impacts & energy policy

• Major company moves: Meta, Nvidia, Starling, Thames Water

• Labor markets, strikes & education funding battles