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. 


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Five things to watch in US bank earnings season

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UK’s youth count the cost of the Covid pandemic

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Samuel Brittan, economics editor, 1933-2020

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