Income

• JPMorgan Chase reportó ingresos netos en el primer trimestre de 13,200 millones de dólares, un aumento del 15% en comparación con el primer trimestre de 2025, impulsado por mayores ingresos netos por intereses y un incremento del 12% en los ingresos de banca de inversión. • El CEO Jamie Dimon afirmó que el banco está "bien posicionado" a pesar de las incertidumbres macroeconómicas, mientras que la firma aumentó su dividendo en un 5% a 1.16 dólares por acción y recompró 11,000 millones de dólares en acciones durante el trimestre. • Los sólidos resultados del banco contrastaron con las preocupaciones generales del sector financiero sobre el aumento de las pérdidas crediticias y la calidad del crédito, aunque las bajas netas de JPMorgan se mantuvieron estables en el 0.31% de los préstamos.

Analysis by IFS shows George Osborne’s mortgage schemes launched in 2013 had little effect on social mobilityHigher-income households were the biggest beneficiaries of George Osborne’s Help to Buy mortgage schemes, introduced in the 2010s, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinktank.Launched by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government in 2013, Help to Buy involved two separate schemes aimed at making home ownership more achievable in a period of rapid house price growth. Continue reading...

Party says plan for ‘radical change’ will be funded in part through higher taxes on aviation, gambling and landlordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Scottish Greens have called for free bus travel, thousands of extra teachers and doctors and a universal basic income among hundreds of uncosted manifesto pledges.The party is enjoying a bounce in Scottish opinion polls, with some putting it ahead of Labour, driven partly by the surging support for the Green party of England and Wales under the leadership of Zack Polanski. Continue reading...