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Investors fear new Covid-19 wave, UK in border check U-turn, HSBC pressure

06.12.2020 - By Financial TimesPlay

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Investors in US and European equities were rattled on Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s dire assessment of the US economy and fresh concerns of an uptick in coronavirus cases, and the British government has abandoned its plan to introduce full border checks with the EU on January 1. Plus, the FT’s banking editor, Stephen Morris, unpacks the pressure HSBC is under after backing China’s Hong Kong national security law.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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