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• FirstFT: Ukraine plans spring elections

  11-02-2026 06:32 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: ‘Buy European’ push and Syria’s untapped gas reserves
  
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• Warsh’s war on the Fed balance sheet

  16-02-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  A dramatic reduction in reserves could be a cure worse than the disease
  
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• FirstFT: EU banking M&A deals surge to post-2008 high

  16-02-2026 06:30 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Russia’s Wagner Group recruits saboteurs, and bloc’s caution around Hungary’s Orbán
  
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• US carmakers spooked by Chinese rivals gaining foothold in America

  16-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Executives on edge about a possible policy shift in Washington ahead of Trump’s planned visit to China in April
  
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• This time really could be different on jobs

  16-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Three catalysts are driving an intensifying divergence between a cooling US labour market and strong GDP growth
  
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• How China could win the geopolitical game by default

  16-02-2026 03:00 via ft.com
  Mercurial shifts in US foreign policy under Trump have left leaders of other countries baffled
  
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• Trump’s Board of Peace gathers in Washington for first meeting

  15-02-2026 19:15 via ft.com
  Plus, miners report earnings, inflation data and China sets interest rates
  
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• Did the US economy show any cracks in the fourth quarter?

  15-02-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• Britain’s penchant for self-destruction

  15-02-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Political instability saps confidence, investment and policymakers’ bandwidth
  
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• TSMC’s US investment plans at heart of $250bn puzzle for chip sector

  14-02-2026 04:53 via ft.com
  Agreements reached between Taiwan and Trump administration imply big expansion for world’s biggest chipmaker
  
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• Inflation eases in US as prices for used cars fall

  13-02-2026 19:22 via bbc.com
  Prices rose by 2.4% in the year to January, the latest official figures show, the slowest pace since May.
  
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• Canada missing climate targets after ‘slackening’ under Carney

  13-02-2026 19:07 via ft.com
  Nation ranks behind US as worst in G7 on emissions progress as the former green champion weakens green goals
  
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• Canada missing climate targets after ‘slackening’ green policies

  13-02-2026 19:07 via ft.com
  Nation ranks behind US as worst in G7 on emissions progress as Mark Carney weakens environmental goals
  
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• Sanae of the times

  13-02-2026 19:00 via ft.com
  Optimism in Japan following Sanae Takaichi’s election win is running high
  
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• US concludes Alibaba and BYD have links to Chinese military

  13-02-2026 18:15 via ft.com
  The companies are among a number the Pentagon believes could pose a threat to American national security
  
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• BoE chief economist urges ‘caution’ before further rate cuts

  13-02-2026 18:00 via ft.com
  Huw Pill pushes back against calls for reductions from more dovish voices on MPC
  
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• The case for a larger monetary regime shift in the US and Japan

  13-02-2026 16:16 via ft.com
  A critical assessment of the Monetary Policy Radar scenarios
  
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• January US CPI not weak enough to justify near-term cut

  13-02-2026 15:21 via ft.com
  Inflation slightly below expectations unlikely to persuade policymakers that further easing is necessary soon
  
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• US inflation falls more than expected to 2.4% in January

  13-02-2026 14:45 via ft.com
  Data release comes after Fed held interest rates last month
  
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• UK bank bosses’ pay hits highest level in more than a decade

  13-02-2026 13:56 via ft.com
  Barclays chief collected £15mn last year, with Lloyds and NatWest leaders pocketing £7.4mn and £6.6mn respectively
  
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• Central bankers aren’t getting along

  13-02-2026 13:52 via ft.com
  R-Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
  
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• Submit your questions: How should you navigate global economic risks this year?

  13-02-2026 08:32 via ft.com
  Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with Chris Giles, the FT’s economics commentator, on February 19 at 1pm (GMT)
  
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• What must happen for the world to stack RMB

  13-02-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  For dollar wannabe renminbi, liability currency status > reserve currency status
  
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• FirstFT: Top Goldman lawyer to quit over Epstein links

  13-02-2026 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Schroders’ UK Treasury call and US metals tariff rollback
  
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• Trump plans to roll back tariffs on metal and aluminium goods

  13-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Latest softening of levies comes amid persistent voter anxiety about affordability in the US
  
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• How China is fighting ‘involution’, with Yanmei Xie

  13-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  And how the rest of the world should react
  
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• Trade bellwether Singapore says global ‘fragility’ will hit economy

  13-02-2026 04:50 via ft.com
  City-state says tougher times loom after a turbulent year of geopolitical strife and US tariff threats
  
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• Singapore warns global economic ‘fragility’ could hit trade bellwether

  13-02-2026 04:50 via ft.com
  City-state says tougher times loom after a turbulent year defined by international tension and US tariff threats
  
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• US and Taiwan sign trade agreement to seal chip investment

  13-02-2026 00:23 via ft.com
  Deal will reduce American tariffs on a range of Taiwanese food products
  
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• UN climate summit to woo business investment as Turkey takes the baton

  12-02-2026 19:57 via ft.com
  COP31 in Antalya intends to focus on ‘concrete results’ including corporate commitments
  
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