Economy news

• 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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• The big (duration) short

  10-12-2025 21:50 via ft.com
  We have RMP lift-off 🚀
  
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• Fed delivers rate cut with hawkish guidance

  10-12-2025 20:34 via ft.com
  Six rate-setters would have preferred to hold interest rates
  
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• Return to EU customs union would ‘unravel’ UK trade deals, Starmer warns

  10-12-2025 19:14 via ft.com
  British prime minister delivers his strongest rejection yet of calls to rejoin bloc
  
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• Brussels raids Temu in foreign subsidy investigation

  10-12-2025 18:04 via ft.com
  ‘Unannounced inspection’ comes as European Commission steps up efforts against Chinese online retailers
  
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• Trump vows to make US affordable again, as Americans feel the pinch

  10-12-2025 13:17 via bbc.com
  The president says he is focused on "making America affordable again", as cost of living becomes a campaign issue.
  
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• FirstFT: ICE’s dragnet data operation

  10-12-2025 12:08 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: final interviews for Fed chair and JPMorgan warns expenses to rise by $9bn next year
  
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• Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns

  10-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
  
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• IMF calls on China to fix economic ‘imbalances’

  10-12-2025 08:37 via ft.com
  Warning comes as EU companies complain ‘undervalued’ renminbi is aiding China’s exporters
  
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• ‘Vital’ EU-Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance days before deadline

  10-12-2025 07:00 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: European ministers meet to discuss migration and human rights
  
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• FirstFT: EU races to bypass Orbán on Russian assets

  10-12-2025 06:32 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Fed chair race, and renminbi ‘heavily undervalued’
  
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• The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: America vs. the world

  10-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Why a new US security strategy should worry Europe – and delight Beijing
  
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• Germany sees high hurdles to winning ECB presidency

  10-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Berlin nevertheless wants to ‘actively participate’ in race for EU job that no German has ever held
  
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• EU companies say ‘undervalued’ renminbi aiding China’s exporters

  10-12-2025 02:49 via ft.com
  Chamber of commerce warns that fall of tightly managed Chinese currency risks prompting trade retaliation
  
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• China adds domestic AI chips to official procurement list for first time

  10-12-2025 02:15 via ft.com
  Beijing encouraged purchase of Huawei and Cambricon processors before Trump’s move to allow Nvidia exports
  
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• Trump to pit Hassett against trio of Fed chair finalists

  10-12-2025 01:04 via ft.com
  Final interviews for top central bank job to kick off this week
  
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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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• 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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