Economic uncertainty and frothy valuations jar with investor optimism

Investors bet Fed likely to lower interest rates just once this year after better-than-expected jobs and services figures

Class B bondholders have filed their own restructuring plan for the troubled utility

Valuations might be frothy but don’t seem nutty

Political instability and prospect of US tariffs threaten to keep loonie grounded

Countries will grapple with a bearish oil market, rising power demand and crises that challenge their climate pledges

World’s biggest game of Jenga

Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules

CFTC chair Rostin Behnam will step down on day of president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration

And a question for readers on manufacturing

Buyer of ExxonMobil’s assets in the west African country wants to double production within six months

Consumer companies such as Party City hit by persistent inflation and weak spending

Report calls for Financial Conduct Authority staff to be retrained and adds to mounting criticism of watchdog

Rob Bauer calls on banks, pension funds and rating agencies to change outdated policies in face of rising threats

Internal memo reveals multilateral lender’s fear that new rules will put its climate credentials at risk

The proposed move is thought to be the first conversion in the US of a passively managed index mutual fund to an ETF

US-listed groups tap investors for cash as competition for resources intensifies

Asset managers have launched specialist funds as push for domestic armaments sends share prices soaring

People of Transnistria forced to chop wood to heat homes after gas transit deal via Ukraine expires