Economy news

• 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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• China signals concern over falling investment

  11-12-2025 19:00
  Communist party leadership pledges to ‘stabilise’ major engine of economic growth
  
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• US trade deficit shrinks to smallest since 2020 as gold exports jump

  11-12-2025 18:25
  Figures for September raise hopes that GDP growth in third quarter was stronger than forecast
  
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• Greek finance minister chosen to chair Eurogroup

  11-12-2025 17:57
  Election of Kyriakos Pierrakakis caps political and economic turnaround for Athens after traumas of Eurozone crisis
  
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• China leads objections to Trump reprieve on global minimum tax

  11-12-2025 12:30
  Beijing and several European countries hold up deal to exempt US multinationals from OECD tax regime
  
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• China leads objections to Trump carve-out on global minimum tax

  11-12-2025 12:30
  Beijing and several European countries hold up deal to exempt US multinationals from OECD tax regime
  
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• Mexico imposes tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods

  11-12-2025 12:15
  Cars will be hardest hit by move, which comes ahead of crucial renegotiation of US-Mexico-Canada trade pact
  
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• FirstFT: Donald Trump turns up the heat on Nicolás Maduro

  11-12-2025 11:49
  Also in today’s newsletter: Oracle warning sends equity markets tumbling and postwar Ukraine talks
  
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• Fed cuts rates to 3-year low after fractious meeting

  11-12-2025 07:06
  Three top US central bankers object to move in biggest revolt since 2019
  
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• FirstFT: US Fed cuts rates to 3-year low

  11-12-2025 06:31
  Also in today’s newsletter: postwar Ukraine talks and ‘Made in Europe’ proposals
  
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• How China racked up a $1tn trade surplus

  11-12-2025 06:24
  Beijing shakes off damage caused by US President Donald Trump’s trade war
  
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• Carmakers sound warning over EU’s ‘very dangerous’ local sourcing rules

  11-12-2025 06:00
  Companies and industries are divided over the bloc’s ‘Made in Europe’ plans
  
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• Trump has just accelerated Europe’s electric vehicle reckoning

  11-12-2025 01:01
  As US carmakers gain political cover to delay EV development, Asian companies can expand at greater scale
  
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• More than 1 in 20 people are homeless in parts of London, charity warns

  11-12-2025 01:01
  Shelter report comes as government announces new strategy to end rough sleeping and use of temporary accommodation
  
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• US central bank to launch $40bn debt-buying scheme after money market strains

  11-12-2025 00:10
  Central bank will purchase short-term Treasuries just weeks after it stopped shrinking its balance sheet
  
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• Fed to launch $40bn debt-buying scheme after money market strains

  11-12-2025 00:10
  US central bank to purchase short-term Treasuries just weeks after it stopped shrinking its balance sheet
  
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• FirstFT: Donald Trump pledges to intervene in renewed Thailand-Cambodia conflict

  10-12-2025 23:08
  Also in today’s newsletter: The Fed cuts rates again, and Brussels raids Temu
  
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• The hidden cost of ultra-cheap solar power

  10-12-2025 23:00
  Low prices leave companies with little incentive to invest in environmentally sustainable practices
  
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• Federal Reserve cuts rates to three-year low after fractious meeting

  10-12-2025 22:48
  Three top US central bankers object to move in biggest revolt since 2019
  
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• Fed cuts rates to three-year low after fractious meeting

  10-12-2025 22:48
  Three top US central bankers object to move in biggest revolt since 2019
  
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• The big (duration) short

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

  10-12-2025 20:34
  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
  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
  ‘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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Also in today’s newsletter: Fed chair race, and renminbi ‘heavily undervalued’
  
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