Economy news

• ECB to abandon crisis-era strategy as inflation falls

  02-12-2024 06:00
  
  Chief economist Philip Lane says focus on latest economic data will ebb
  
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• An EU-Mercosur deal worth ratifying

  11-12-2024 19:27
  
  Agreement with South American bloc is a chance to bolster free trade
  
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• Bank of Canada warns Trump’s tariffs will ‘dramatically’ hit growth

  11-12-2024 18:44
  
  Central bank has slashed borrowing costs five times this year in an effort to combat unemployment and boost growth
  
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• The astonishing success of Eurozone bailouts

  11-12-2024 15:36
  
  As Greek borrowing costs fall to French levels, the bloc’s ‘periphery’ shows the value of steady reform
  
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• US inflation rose to 2.7% in November

  11-12-2024 15:28
  Figure matches Wall Street’s forecasts ahead of an expected Federal Reserve rate cut next week
  
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• The Three-Dollars Problem

  11-12-2024 13:49
  
  Turbulence ahoi
  
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• Biden to hit Chinese cleantech imports with more tariffs

  11-12-2024 11:00
  
  Parting shot at geopolitical rival is effort to shelter US manufacturers from green-energy powerhouse
  
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• FirstFT: Qatar’s sovereign fund plans to deploy cash ‘aggressively’

  11-12-2024 06:32
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Microsoft poaches Google DeepMind staff and ‘football star’ pay for UK CEOs
  
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• UK rent soars by £3,240 since pandemic, says Zoopla

  11-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  The cost of renting rose sharply after lockdown was lifted but the rate of increase is now slowing.
  
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• Yellen warns Trump’s sweeping tariffs could ‘derail’ inflation progress

  10-12-2024 22:57
  
  US Treasury secretary says broad trade penalties might ‘significantly raise costs to households’
  
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• Trump vows to speed up permits for anyone investing $1bn in the US

  10-12-2024 21:58
  
  President-elect pledges to loosen environmental rules for big developers
  
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• UK public sector workers face fresh pay squeeze as Treasury takes tough stance

  10-12-2024 20:53
  
  Whitehall departments say rises of more than 2.8% for NHS staff and teachers in 2025-26 would be unaffordable
  
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• UK public sector workers face fresh pay restraint as Treasury takes tough stance

  10-12-2024 20:53
  
  Whitehall departments say rises of more than 2.8% for NHS staff and teachers in 2025-26 would be unaffordable
  
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• Reckoning with an era of slow growth

  10-12-2024 17:59
  
  Opportunities exist for the UK and its European neighbours, but they must grasp the nettle of economic reform
  
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• Martin Wolf interviews Larry Summers: Is Trump a threat to the US economy?

  10-12-2024 17:53
  The FT's chief economics commentator speaks to the former US Treasury Secretary
  
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• Is Trump a threat to the US economy? With Larry Summers

  10-12-2024 17:53
  
  Martin Wolf in conversation with the former US Treasury Secretary
  
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• Can robots replace humans in monetary policy?

  10-12-2024 13:30
  
  No, but machines are making some serious progress
  
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• BIS warns politicians to rein in spending or risk market turbulence

  10-12-2024 13:00
  
  Chief economist Claudio Borio says governments will be ‘too late’ if they wait for investors to panic
  
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• FirstFT: Man charged with murder of healthcare executive

  10-12-2024 12:21
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Lula in intensive care, and Wall Street’s ‘Merger Monday’
  
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• Will Trump usher in a new era of protectionism?

  10-12-2024 11:00
  
  Foreign investment could be hit if president-elect implements his more draconian policy promises
  
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• Xi says China will remain world’s ‘growth engine’

  10-12-2024 09:58
  
  Stocks rise after Beijing signals more measures to boost economy
  
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• FirstFT: Growth in complex debt hits fastest pace since 2007

  10-12-2024 06:39
  Also in today’s newsletter, EU farm subsidy reform and Syrian asylum claims paused
  
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• Chinese stocks rise after leaders signal more measures to boost growth

  10-12-2024 06:26
  
  Fall in monthly imports underlines lacklustre consumer demand in world’s second-largest economy
  
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• Economists need to get their story straight on immigration

  10-12-2024 06:00
  Focusing on the impact on the wages or employment levels of native workers is too narrow
  
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• Tariffs are a misunderstood tool

  10-12-2024 01:01
  
  Debate over trade strategy has become an ideological litmus test in which few are willing to acknowledge nuance
  
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• Students priced out of London as rents rise faster than loans

  10-12-2024 01:01
  
  Pressure on government to take action over the ‘cost of learning crisis’ in the UK capital
  
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• Reeves calls on EU to give greater access for City of London

  09-12-2024 19:16
  
  Plea comes in first appearance by a UK chancellor at a Euro finance meeting since Brexit
  
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• England house prices ‘affordable’ only for richest 10% in 2022-23

  09-12-2024 15:08
  
  Office for National Statistics data highlights property market pressures
  
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• Reeves calls on EU to drop ‘unnecessary’ trade barriers with UK

  09-12-2024 13:54
  
  Chancellor makes plea in first appearance at Euro finance meeting since Brexit
  
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• The endangered Mercosaurus roars back to life

  09-12-2024 13:31
  
  Europe and South America revive a dormant deal
  
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