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Authority’s chief in talks with ministers over additional funding
First annual decline in volatile data set since July 2023 but numbers remain higher than pre-pandemic average
Figures come day after first-quarter data prompted investors to push back rate cut expectations
Demand from China drove prices to a record high this month — now many suspect the normal rules no longer apply
Secretary of state’s trip to Beijing comes as tensions remain over Taiwan, war in Ukraine and tech export controls
Governor Kazuo Ueda says weakening currency is having ‘no major impact’ on underlying inflation
Also in today’s newsletter, Blinken meets Xi and investors scale back US rate cut bets
Investors say president’s austerity measures are needed before economy turns the corner
The FT’s fifth annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth. Plus: outsourcers tap into remote work boom; Shopify targets more growth from bigger clients; Brazil’s alternative to electric vehicles; and Vertex Pharmaceutical’s potential answer to the opioid crisis
Agencies providing overseas-based staff for US clients have prospered
BHP, whose £31bn bid for Anglo has been rejected, faces fraught politics and complicated history in the country
Market conditions are reminiscent of the soft landing that followed Alan Greenspan’s ‘Fed pivot’
Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule
The promise of billions in regeneration funding helped Boris Johnson win power in 2019. But critics say little has changed on the ground
If only we’d followed Wright’s Law, solar tech could have been cheaper much sooner
There is a gap between the research supplied by academia and what policymakers actually want
Party has no proposals for state involvement in companies that own trains
Seoul’s industry minister says China’s grip on graphite threatens Inflation Reduction Act incentives
Michael Gove urged to instruct the NAO to investigate concerns raised by review of flagship regeneration scheme
Washington urges Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands to tighten supply of tools and technology
Head of Italy’s central bank highlights risk of US stance pushing up global borrowing costs
Carlos Tavares says Britain’s quota regime could bankrupt carmakers
There are other ways of retaining key workers and protecting trade secrets
Decision will result in up to 2,800 job losses at Britain’s biggest producer of the commodity
Legal & General and Abrdn criticise offer as undervaluing UK-listed miner
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