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Monday, 25 April, 2022

FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
Central bankers agree: the dollar’s still the top dog
The greenback remains unchallenged as the currency of choice for monetary officialdom
Friday, 8 April, 2022

FT AlphavilleTransport
Container shipping rates are going mad again
The watery part of the world economy is yet to find its anchor.
Thursday, 7 April, 2022

FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
Does sterling’s slide into obscurity foreshadow the US dollar’s fate?
Modern lessons from the pound’s surprisingly slow but irresistible loss of the global reserve currency crown.
Wednesday, 6 April, 2022

Markets
FAWUK: the answers
Strange things are afoot with the letter K.
Tuesday, 5 April, 2022

Monetary policy
Can rates get high on short supply without a crash?
Monetary policymakers’ frameworks are no longer fit for purpose and no-one seems to have any idea what to replace them with.
Monday, 4 April, 2022

Swiss National Bank
The SNB is trying to halt the franc’s rise again
But we’re not quite sure why.
Friday, 1 April, 2022

Markets
FT Alphaville’s Friday quiz, once again
FAWUK.
Tuesday, 29 March, 2022

FT AlphavilleUK consumer credit
Does the cost of living crisis explain the leap in borrowing?
Bank of England stats out Monday show the use of credit cards is soaring.
Friday, 25 March, 2022

Markets
Thank FAWUK it’s Friday
More quizzing joy for you.
Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

Markets
FAWUK: the answers
Bad eggs and zzzzeds.
Tuesday, 22 March, 2022

Commodities
Central banks unlikely to offer immediate support to energy markets
Market executives have intensified talks with commodities trading under strain in Russia-Ukraine war
Thursday, 17 March, 2022

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
The Federal Reserve finally raises rates
The Ukraine war represents a threat to China’s economy and could lead to a diplomatic backlash
Wednesday, 16 March, 2022

Energy sector
Energy traders call for ‘emergency’ central bank intervention
Trade body warns healthy companies could run out of cash as Ukraine invasion sparks commodity ructions
Friday, 11 March, 2022

Markets
FAWUK out below!
Only smarties know the answers.
Thursday, 10 March, 2022

Commodities
Is the nickel in a nickel worth more than the nickel itself?
Commodities go crazy: numismatics edition
Wednesday, 9 March, 2022

FT Alphaville
FAWUK: the answers
Sorting the Snowflakes from the billionaires since February 2022.
Tuesday, 8 March, 2022

Commodities
Commodities go crazy: nickel edition
Squeeze.
Monday, 7 March, 2022

Oil
Commodities go crazy
We could be set for our most volatile week ever
Monday, 7 March, 2022

Trade Secrets
Russia sanctions spur surprising new relationships Premium content
Plus, stormy conditions in the shipping market
Friday, 4 March, 2022

War in Ukraine: free to read
The west’s hybrid war on Russia
The response to the invasion of Ukraine has combined crushing economic sanctions with a broad cultural boycott
Friday, 4 March, 2022

Markets
It’s FAWUK time
Your weekly dose of respite from doom scrolling.
Thursday, 3 March, 2022

War in Ukraine: free to read
Will the west place an embargo on Russian oil and gas supplies?
Hitting energy exports is no longer so unthinkable but the market is already ‘self-sanctioning’ in dealing with Moscow
Tuesday, 1 March, 2022

Markets
FAWUK: the answers
And a lucky winner.
Monday, 28 February, 2022

FT AlphavilleWar in Ukraine
Russia’s FX reserves slip from its grasp
Officials in Moscow will be hard pressed to halt a collapse in the rouble. Here’s why.
Sunday, 27 February, 2022

ExplainerRussian economy
‘A global financial pariah’: how could central bank sanctions hobble Russia?
Ban on Moscow’s use of its roughly $630bn of foreign reserves will harm ability to withstand cost of Ukraine war