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• US-Indonesia trade deal at risk of collapse

  09-12-2025 23:52 via ft.com
  Washington believes Jakarta is reneging on terms of agreement signed in July
  
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• Trump to kick off final round of Fed chair interviews this week

  09-12-2025 22:55 via ft.com
  White House adviser Kevin Hassett to compete with three other candidates for powerful US central bank post
  
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• Donald Trump to pit Kevin Hassett against trio of Fed chair finalists

  09-12-2025 22:55 via ft.com
  Final interviews for top central bank job to kick off this week
  
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• Budget could knock half a percentage point off inflation, Bank chief says

  09-12-2025 19:50 via bbc.com
  Bank of England deputy governor Clare Lombardelli said inflation would be brought down by measures cutting energy prices and freezing rail fares.
  
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• The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus

  09-12-2025 19:22 via ft.com
  Beijing’s latest milestone underscores its industrial strength — and growing economic imbalances
  
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• Trump hits the road to sell economic message and counter cost of living concerns

  09-12-2025 18:57 via bbc.com
  The US president is in Pennsylvania to address the key issue of affordability.
  
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• Bank of England rate-setters divided ahead of decision next week

  09-12-2025 18:45 via ft.com
  Deputy governor stresses ‘upside risks’ to inflation and argues for cautious approach to further interest rate cuts
  
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• Rise in US job openings offers hope of labour market stabilisation

  09-12-2025 18:35 via ft.com
  October ‘Jolts’ figures unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates on Wednesday
  
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• Why the world should worry about stablecoins

  09-12-2025 18:30 via ft.com
  Dollar-based digital currencies offer benefits for the US, but Britain and the EU are better off resisting them
  
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• Badenoch cites Brexit as ‘shock’ to UK

  09-12-2025 18:12 via ft.com
  Tory leader’s comments come amid debate on whether Britain should rejoin EU customs union
  
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• Rayner urges MPs not to 'blink or buckle' on employment rights

  09-12-2025 16:49 via bbc.com
  The government U-turned on protection against dismissal from day one last month in a bid to pass the bill.
  
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• Investors should look to the data, rather than the Fed, for guidance

  09-12-2025 16:40 via ft.com
  Anyone making their own 2026 forecasts will need to employ more guesswork than usual
  
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• Trump decides to let Nvidia export powerful H200 chips to China

  09-12-2025 15:00 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, the US warns the EU to be ‘very careful’ after it fined Elon Musk’s X
  
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• Central bankers, let Turkey be a warning

  09-12-2025 13:30 via ft.com
  Country is now running ultraorthodox policy but still struggling to bring persistent inflation down
  
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• BoJ governor says economy has weathered Trump’s tariffs

  09-12-2025 10:01 via ft.com
  Kazuo Ueda’s comments feed market expectations of an interest rate rise at next week’s meeting
  
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• FirstFT: Inside Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid for Warner Bros

  09-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Fed and ECB moves on rates, and Revolut’s buyback offer
  
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• Debate about the Fed’s balance sheet is heating up

  09-12-2025 06:30 via ft.com
  A shake-up of the ample reserves framework cannot be ruled out as the Fed’s leadership baton is passed
  
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• The significance of the next Fed chair choice

  09-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  While short-term market moves may be less dramatic than expected, profound changes are ahead for the central bank
  
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• Investors increase bets on ECB rate rise in threat to dollar

  09-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Prospect of higher borrowing costs in Eurozone, Australia and Canada could leave Federal Reserve as an outlier in 2026
  
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• Investors bet Fed and ECB headed in opposite directions on rates

  09-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Higher borrowing costs expected in Australia, Canada and euro area could leave Federal Reserve as an outlier in 2026
  
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• UK consumer card spending falls by most since 2021, says Barclays

  09-12-2025 01:01 via ft.com
  Spending in November was hit by Budget uncertainty
  
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• Budget uncertainty blamed for sharp fall in card spending by UK consumers

  09-12-2025 01:01 via ft.com
  The decrease is the largest since February 2021
  
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