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    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Free LunchEuropean Central Bank
      The link between Meloni’s windfall tax and the ECB’s bloated balance sheet Premium content

      Central bank’s own actions may have set in motion chain of events that led to governments’ decisions to levy their lenders

      The European Central Bank
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Free LunchGlobal Economy
      Swifties are a symptom of years of low interest rates Premium content

      The after-effects of aggressive monetary easing are proving as sticky as inflation

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    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      The Long ViewGlobal inflation
      Everyday inflation clues for investors

      The frequency of price cuts by companies for consumers will be a key metric for markets to gauge interest rate peaks

      Andrew Bailey, governor at the Bank of England, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank and Jay Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, at the recent ECB forum on central banking in Portugal
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Free LunchRenewable energy
      The EU must be more ambitious in its response to climate change Premium content

      The three Ts solution: triage, time and trillions

      Solar panels and a wind turbine in Germany
    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Free LunchGlobal Economy
      When do banking failures matter for the economy? Premium content

      The past does not provide us with all the answers, but it offers some guidance

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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Markets InsightMonetary policy
      Financial turmoil could end up doing rate-setters’ job for them

      Central banks may wish they’d been more careful what they’d wished for

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Tesla sees a bumpy road ahead

      The pace of US economic growth is set to have slowed in the final quarter of 2022

    • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
      On Wall StreetCentral banks
      Central banks should sacrifice ambitions of a perfect economic landing

      Policymakers need to heed the risk of a recession and market turmoil

      Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      EU economy
      Brussels urged to step up region-wide bond issuance

      IMF calls on member states to increase jointly backed debt to protect against risk of individual default

      The seal for the International Monetary Fund is seen near the World Bank headquarters
    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Markets InsightFederal Reserve
      A global backlash is brewing against the Fed

      Surge in US borrowing costs is having spillover effects for the rest of the world

      The Federal Reserve building
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Special ReportFTfm: Responsible Investing
      European companies forced to take a closer look at supply chains

      New laws and shortcomings of just-in-time logistics mean businesses pay more attention to due diligence

      Two dock workers talk next to stacked containers at the Port of Baltimore
    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      The Long ViewGlobal inflation
      Hot milk: what rising prices tell us about inflation

      If the cost of a basic commodity is surging in a competitive market then pressures may persist longer than some expect

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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Free LunchGlobal inflation
      Inflation’s decline will not be as dramatic as its rise Premium content

      Price pressures might have reached their peak, but the descent is unlikely to be as swift as the surge

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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Free LunchFederal Reserve
      The Fed’s rate increases are a matter of high interest for everyone Premium content

      Another wave of global rate rises beckons following the US central bank’s latest mega move

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    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Markets InsightCentral banks
      Global rate gaps loom large for investors

      From neutral to negative, central banks are taking vastly different paths

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Trade Secrets
      Putting an end to Merkantilism Premium content

      Plus, why globalisation has more life in it than some expect

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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
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    • 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.

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