Markets have regained short-term confidence after Britain’s new finance minister ditched most of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ mini-budget, a leading market analyst said on Monday. Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, said Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt had “ripped to shreds” the budget put forward by Truss and former finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, which had caused market turmoil.
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