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• Decoding recent moves in Treasury yields

  17-04-2025 07:30
  Uncertainty is high — but maybe not disastrously so
  
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• A year of trade drama and the plot twists yet to come

  29-12-2025 13:31
  Trump may not advance tariffs further but could broaden his campaign to new fronts of conflict
  
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• FirstFT: Zelenskyy pushes for longer-term US security guarantees

  29-12-2025 11:53
  Also in today’s newsletter: Silicon Valley’s ‘fortress balance sheets’, and China’s new military drills around Taiwan
  
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• FirstFT: Trump-Zelenskyy talks fail to make breakthrough

  29-12-2025 06:31
  Also in today’s newsletter: Europe’s defence groups and the Arnault family’s Parisian property purchases
  
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• Year in a word: Taco

  29-12-2025 06:00
  In spite of the erratic nature of Donald Trump’s decision making, a distinct pattern has emerged
  
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• The rise of the side hustle

  29-12-2025 06:00
  Economists and tax collectors might be underestimating its impact
  
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• The wildcat traders and US contractors piling into Pakistan’s antimony

  29-12-2025 03:14
  Fears about China’s control of the rare earth supply chain have bolstered demand for alternative suppliers
  
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• The Year Ahead: key elections will help to shape 2026

  28-12-2025 19:15
  US midterms, a crunch poll for the UK PM, plus questions of nuclear arms treaties and the risk of an AI bubble burst
  
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• China’s industrial profits plunge as weak demand and deflation bite

  28-12-2025 14:49
  Steep fall in November nearly wipes out profit growth in 2025 as Beijing steps up pressure on over-investment
  
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• Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic

  28-12-2025 13:37 via bbc.com
  Figures suggest the surge in post-Christmas shoppers was the strongest in a decade.
  
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• Canada and Mercosur accelerate free trade talks

  28-12-2025 12:30
  Ottawa and South American bloc aim to conclude a deal within a year
  
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• Santa’s good and bad economies list

  28-12-2025 12:00
  It has been a very mixed year for reforms and sensible governance
  
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• Europe’s growth prospects depend on German spending spree, economists say

  28-12-2025 06:00
  Rate of increase in output expected to slow despite Berlin’s fiscal push, FT survey finds
  
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• Europe races to placate pharma as Trump turns up the pressure

  28-12-2025 06:00
  Tariff deals with the US have bought time but investment momentum is elsewhere
  
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• China industrial profits plunge as weak demand and deflation bite

  27-12-2025 09:23
  Steep fall in November nearly wipes out profit growth in 2025 as Beijing steps up pressure on over-investment
  
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• Italy and Spain shake off ‘periphery’ tag as borrowing premiums hit 16-year low

  27-12-2025 06:00
  Rome and Madrid rewarded by investors for cutting deficits, while France and Germany look to borrow more
  
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• The malaise of multilateralism

  26-12-2025 13:00
  A reboot of the UN and nimbler forms of co-operation are necessary
  
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• China isn’t just dumping cheap goods anymore — it’s sending caviar

  26-12-2025 06:00
  The country is taking a huge bite out of the European and US market with ever-growing production of luxury foods
  
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• How a straw-hatted anime pirate became a symbol of Gen Z dissent

  24-12-2025 12:00
  Young protesters around the world have rallied under the image in their fight for political change
  
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• EU foreign aid takes transactional turn with Africa minerals push

  24-12-2025 12:00
  Investment in Lobito Corridor comes as bloc channels development assistance towards energy, metals and migration
  
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• FirstFT: Trump replaces H-1B visa lottery with a ‘weighted’ system

  24-12-2025 11:27
  Also in today’s newsletter: Big tech turns to special purpose vehicles to fund data centres and US economic growth exceeds expectations
  
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• FirstFT: Tech groups shift $120bn of AI debt off balance sheets

  24-12-2025 06:31
  Also in today’s newsletter: EU spending on US oil and top Shell auditor leaves EY role
  
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• BoJ to continue tightening gradually in 2026

  24-12-2025 06:30
  Read the central bank’s December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Year in a word: Rare earths

  24-12-2025 06:00
  These metals have become the plaything of the US-China trade war
  
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• The Economics Show: What economics gets wrong about human behaviour, with Richard Thaler

  24-12-2025 06:00
  The founding father of behavioural economics on why we still make bad decisions
  
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• EU spent less on US energy after $750bn Trump trade deal

  24-12-2025 06:00
  Member states’ spending on US oil and gas fell 7 per cent over the past four months
  
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• FirstFT: Panama Canal ports deal hits impasse after China’s Cosco demands majority stake

  23-12-2025 22:40
  Also in today’s newsletter: ByteDance plans $23bn AI spend and US third-quarter economic growth surpasses expectations
  
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• US economy grew at 4.3% rate in third quarter

  23-12-2025 22:18
  Figure surpasses expectations after growth boosted by consumer spending
  
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• US accuses China of unfair chip trade practices

  23-12-2025 18:01
  Trade representative holds off increasing tariffs until 2027
  
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• Trump administration accuses China of unfair chip trade practices

  23-12-2025 18:01
  US trade representative holds off increasing tariffs until 2027
  
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