Economy news

• Fractured Fed

  12-12-2025 17:33
  The Federal Reserve delivered another divisive cut as expected. Plus, a busy week ahead for other central banks
  
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• FirstFT: Fed set to loosen bank rules to boost mortgage lending

  17-02-2026 11:55
  Also in today’s newsletter: Big Oil executives under pressure to spell out growth plans and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson dies
  
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• UK wage growth cools further as unemployment hits post-pandemic peak

  17-02-2026 09:48
  Youth joblessness surges to highest in over a decade
  
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• UK wage growth cools further as unemployment hits highest level since pandemic

  17-02-2026 09:48
  Prospect of interest rate cut rises as Bank of England responds to slowing labour market
  
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• UK wage growth cools further as unemployment rises

  17-02-2026 08:16
  Jobless rate increases to 5.2%
  
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• The housing market is not getting much better

  17-02-2026 07:30
  And neither is inflation
  
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• Canada pitches itself as Europe’s ‘supplier of choice’ in face of US rift

  17-02-2026 07:00
  Also in this newsletter: EU cyber chief warns that criminals increasingly are copying state actors’ tactics
  
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• FirstFT: UK shelves frictionless post-Brexit trade border project

  17-02-2026 06:32
  Also in today’s newsletter: Poland’s war reparations campaign and UK defence spending
  
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• US labour supply concerns gather force

  17-02-2026 06:30
  Consensus is building that weak job growth reflects immigration crackdown rather than soft demand
  
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• US markets and the economy are heading into uncharted territory

  17-02-2026 06:00
  The Fed might cut rates despite a healthy economy and a weakening dollar
  
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• Can Reeves solve the Bank of England’s inflation problem? 

  17-02-2026 06:00
  Rate-setters split on long-term impact of Budget measures aimed at cutting cost of living
  
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• Everything you thought about the US labour market is wrong

  16-02-2026 17:53
  The conventional view has struggled to contend with robust economic growth
  
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• Africa needs its own credit rating agency

  16-02-2026 16:53
  How and on what basis the continent’s governments can secure financing should not be based on external discretion
  
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• Bashing Trump’s tariffs is slowly becoming a bipartisan sport

  16-02-2026 13:31
  Even the feeble congressional Republicans are recognising how disliked the president’s import taxes are
  
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• FirstFT: Russia’s Wagner pivots to European sabotage

  16-02-2026 11:35
  Also in today’s newsletter: Japan reports weaker growth than expected and Canada to boost military spending
  
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• Will Chinese ‘involution’ do to robots and AI what it’s already done to EVs?

  16-02-2026 11:18
  The Economics Show 🤜🤛 FT Alphaville
  
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• Trump eyes Venezuela visit – but obstacles to his oil plan remain

  16-02-2026 10:50 via bbc.com
  The US president wants American energy firms to start extracting the crude but they are reluctant.
  
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• Weak Japan GDP will not put BoJ off further tightening

  16-02-2026 09:36
  Consumption undershoots previous quarter but central bank will focus on higher-frequency monthly data
  
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• Warsh’s war on the Fed balance sheet

  16-02-2026 07:00
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Nation ranks behind US as worst in G7 on emissions progress as Mark Carney weakens environmental goals
  
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