S&P Global Ratings calls into question Tether’s ability to maintain its US dollar peg, and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves takes the wraps off the highly anticipated Budget. Plus, India’s booming steel production might be helping the domestic economy, but it’s causing environmental damage and trade tensions
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S&P downgrades Tether’s assets to lowest level
UK Budget 2025: Reeves raises taxes by £26bn to all-time high
The cost of India’s hunger for cheap steel
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