{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/396dcefb-c0be-4d9d-bf8d-32a5104b1562?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"US equities taking election polling to heart, US banks kick off earnings season, UK lockdowns","description":"<p>US stocks built on last week’s rally with investors assessing US presidential election polls that show a strong lead for former vice-president Joe Biden, and unemployment looks set to hit the UK’s youth the hardest with the country’s economy facing a sharp slowdown. Plus, the FT’s US finance editor, Rob Armstrong, explains why US banks might suddenly be hoping for a Democratic wave and what their most recent earnings could look like.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Wall Street rallies as angst over contested US election wanes</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/1dcbbed2-6d9e-4898-98bf-00e98a19eb5b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/1dcbbed2-6d9e-4898-98bf-00e98a19eb5b</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Five things to watch in US bank earnings season</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/2604ab01-c562-4601-a8d6-921825a9e4ae\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/2604ab01-c562-4601-a8d6-921825a9e4ae</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>UK’s youth count the cost of the Covid pandemic</strong></p><p><a href=\"ft.com/content/1220ba66-de09-4507-8616-ef112cd2c109?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ft.com/content/1220ba66-de09-4507-8616-ef112cd2c109?</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Samuel Brittan, economics editor, 1933-2020</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/b763bf06-3fc2-4e95-9fe6-a17acf3d8f3b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/b763bf06-3fc2-4e95-9fe6-a17acf3d8f3b</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}