Victoria Craig
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1,335 appearances
27 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 31 Aug
Victoria Craig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Diamond had a word with Britain's new chancellor about higher bank taxes.
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In a call to John Healy late last week, the FT has learned Diamond warned higher taxes often drive jobs to other places.
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Sources briefed on the conversation said the bank boss pointed to a material decline in finance roles in New York, which he attributed in part to the city's tax burden.
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Diamond was one of many bank executives who successfully lobbied against higher taxes ahead of the UK's budget last year.
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This time around, though, banks could be a tempting target for Healy given the sector's bumper profits and union calls to use some of that cash to ease household energy bills.
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The Chancellor has not yet made his views on this matter known, but Diamond said a windfall levy on bank profits or a wider tax rise.
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On wealth would be unwelcome.
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Sources say conversations with other bank bosses will happen this week.
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The cost to ship goods through many of the world's critical routes is soaring.
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Rates for maritime choke points, including the Red Sea, the Panama Canal, and the Rhine, are at record highs.
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That is according to pricing agency Argus.
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The costly shipping prices are thanks to two things: war and climate change.
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The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as we've discussed, has been a factor for months, and the Strait of Hormuz remains all but shut down.
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Meanwhile, it's costing more to ship goods elsewhere due to low water levels.
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The Panama Canal is suffering from that because of the intense El Nino weather system.
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And in Europe, Germany's Rhine, which is a critical river for the country's heavy industry, is perilously low as droughts have swept Europe this summer.
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Pushing freight rates to 14-year highs.
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Argus called this the quote, single greatest disruption that this shipping market has seen on record, eclipsing the COVID pandemic and Russian sanctions.
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America's national debt could reach forty trillion dollars for the first time ever this week.
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This milestone is making investors demand a bigger premium to lend money to the government, and it's piling pressure on the Trump administration ahead of critical midterm elections in November.
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