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• FirstFT: US pulls back from sanctioning China

  04-12-2025 12:05 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: investor concerns about Hassett, and Meta faces fresh EU antitrust investigation
  
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• Fog light

  05-12-2025 17:17 via ft.com
  There is now clarity on what the Fed will do at its December meeting
  
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• DR Congo to give US buyers mineral access after peace deal

  05-12-2025 17:12 via ft.com
  Washington and Swiss trader Mercuria announce up to $1bn each in funding as Trump seeks to end long-running conflict
  
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• Delayed PCE data for September will not derail December rate cut

  05-12-2025 17:08 via ft.com
  Personal consumption expenditure inflation is above target but the release contained little the Fed did not already know
  
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• The US slowdown, and how it ends

  05-12-2025 07:30 via ft.com
  Fiscal stimulus vs inflation
  
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• FirstFT: Double-digit gains forecast for US stocks in 2026

  05-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: EU’s Ukraine loan plan and Nvidia chip sales to China
  
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• Introducing the FT ‘geopolitical mood’ index

  05-12-2025 06:30 via ft.com
  Crunching 40-plus years of FT articles for a useful measure of geopolitical risk
  
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• Will the UK and EU choose to be partners or rivals?

  05-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  From defence collaboration to energy, the bloc is struggling to decide how to view its former member
  
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• There’s a black hole where central banks’ theory of inflation should be

  05-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Old assumptions about expectations and targets can no longer be relied upon
  
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• FirstFT: US bipartisan bill seeks to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

  04-12-2025 22:40 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: investors fret over Japan’s spending plans and Meta plans to slash spending on metaverse
  
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• US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

  04-12-2025 20:49 via ft.com
  Bipartisan bill is part of effort to stop Beijing from getting critical AI-related technology
  
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• EU to review tariffs on Volkswagen’s EVs made in China

  04-12-2025 15:15 via ft.com
  Move could offer German automaker respite from anti-subsidy measures
  
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• Construction sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic, survey suggests

  04-12-2025 14:26 via bbc.com
  Some analysts said the score was a mere fluctuation in the run-up to the Budget.
  
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• How is Trump reshaping globalisation and world trade? You asked, we answered

  04-12-2025 14:15 via ft.com
  The FT’s Alan Beattie and Andy Bounds replied to reader questions
  
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• Analysts’ Views: Fed will cut in December but 2026 uncertainty remains high

  04-12-2025 12:26 via ft.com
  Following the government shutdown and data drought, views that the Fed will cut on December 10 are near unanimous
  
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• Soaring growth puts India’s central bank in tough spot

  04-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Blistering GDP reading raises doubts about RBI cut amid questions about quality of official data
  
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• Investigation into pre-Budget leaks is under way, MPs told

  04-12-2025 11:53 via bbc.com
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given her "full support" toa review of security processes around the lead-up to the Budget.
  
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• China says it is ‘actively’ issuing rare earths general licences

  04-12-2025 10:22 via ft.com
  Beijing’s tight export controls on critical minerals have strained relations with US and EU
  
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• FirstFT: Investors uneasy about Fed chair frontrunner

  04-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: EU to probe WhatsApp AI feature and Macron in China
  
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• Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi meeting

  04-12-2025 06:03 via ft.com
  Two leaders stress need for multilateralism amid rising trade tensions
  
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• EU climate chief criticises China, India and Saudi pushback on carbon tax

  04-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Petrostates becoming ‘more assertive’, Wopke Hoekstra tells FT
  
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• How will a rise in Japanese interest rates affect global markets?

  04-12-2025 05:44 via ft.com
  Investors worry about fallout from yen carry trade unwinding after speech by BoJ governor
  
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• US halts plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security
  
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• US halts plans to sanction Chinese spy agency

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security to maintain trade truce
  
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• US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security
  
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• Trump says claim of US affordability crisis is a ‘hoax’

  04-12-2025 02:07 via ft.com
  President insists prices have come down despite voter frustration over high cost of living
  
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• Trump doubles down on claims of affordability ‘hoax’

  04-12-2025 00:47 via ft.com
  President insists prices have come down despite American voters’ frustration over the cost of living
  
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• Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Hassett as Fed chair

  03-12-2025 19:18 via ft.com
  Some market participants worried candidate for top central bank job will be swayed by Trump on interest rates
  
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• People admit to 'secret spending' without telling partners

  03-12-2025 16:09 via bbc.com
  People were spending without telling their partners on beauty products, gambling, and cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Why wealth taxes are back in the spotlight

  03-12-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  A decade after Thomas Piketty’s unlikely bestseller, his ideas are getting renewed political attention
  
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