Economy
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Spain and Belgium warn of threat to EU single market after German stimulus
Spain and Belgium have issued warnings about the consequences of Germany’s huge fiscal stimulus package for the EU single market…
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Deregulation is no short-cut to creating world-class industries
Global growth is at serious risk, as energy and food supply shocks from the war in Ukraine add to disruption…
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The west must return Africa’s stolen assets, as well as its artefacts
The writer is president of Nigeria Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the…
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Sanctions: nuclear strike would exclude Russia from world economy
Ukrainian forces have pushed the Russian army into humiliating retreat in Kherson. Moscow claims the region — and three others…
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UAE set to support Saudi Arabia and Russia on oil output cuts
The UAE is likely to support substantial oil production cuts proposed by Saudi Arabia and Russia at Wednesday’s Opec+ meeting…
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Liz Truss vows to steer UK economy through ‘stormy days’
Prime minister Liz Truss has told the Tory party faithful that she will lead Britain through “stormy days” during the…
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Charles Michel: The EU needs a genuine energy union now
The writer is president of the European Council By launching a war on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has also fired an…
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Tories weigh sacrificing their leader to save their future
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Ukraine faces critical battle in the south before winter, US says
US officials and lawmakers have warned that Ukraine faces a critical battle to reclaim territory in the south of the…
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Should I give my daughter money to help with energy bills?
My eldest daughter, who recently moved to London to start her career, has confided in me about the extent to…
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‘Someone will get hurt’: Investors and analysts warn on rising market stress
Investors and Wall Street analysts are sounding the alarm about a possible “market accident”, as successive bouts of tumult in…
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China after the property boom: can it rebuild the growth model?
This is the second part in a series about the crash in the Chinese property market In late 2013, the…
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EU funding disputes over energy spell trouble ahead
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The Jolts jolt
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‘Radical changes are not going to fly’: Brazil’s divided Congress reassures investors
Congressional elections in Brazil have highlighted the nation’s deep political polarisation, with parties of both the left and right making…
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French left’s #MeToo moment dents coalition’s offensive against Macron
French far-left MP Adrien Quatennens did not just risk his career when he admitted to having hit his wife during…
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Postcard from Greece: hero of the Small Cyclades
“This is the VIP area. Only room for one,” quips the chief mate, aquamarine eyes aglitter. He’s sitting on an…
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Moldova’s dependence on Russian gas plays into Vladimir Putin’s hands
For 27-year-old Nikolae Hristov, a bouncer in a Moldovan nightclub, unaffordable energy prices are proof that the pro-EU government should…
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Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2023: call for entries
Following the success of this year’s inaugural ranking of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies, the FT is compiling its next list…
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UK pensions implosion could end with a deals boom
There is nothing like a good crisis to reignite an argument that everyone has been having for 20 years. The…
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China’s difficult choices as export growth slows
The writer is a finance professor at Peking University and a senior associate at the Carnegie China Center China’s export…
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Chef Daniel Calvert’s insider guide to Tokyo dining
This article is part of a guide to Tokyo from FT Globetrotter Since moving to Tokyo a few years ago, I’ve lived…
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Republicans demand halt to grants for virus-hunting group
Senior Republicans have hit out at a decision by the Biden administration to award hundreds of thousands of dollars to…
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FirstFT: Elon Musk pulls another U-turn
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Liz Truss tries to rally MPs amid fresh Tory infighting
Liz Truss will on Wednesday attempt to rally Conservative MPs behind her faltering leadership, at a party conference that has…
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Herschel Walker’s campaign for US Senate rocked by abortion scandal
Herschel Walker, the former National Football League star who has staked his campaign for the US Senate on calls for…
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Five ways Kwarteng can reduce UK debt
Kwasi Kwarteng is drawing up a debt reduction plan to reassure febrile financial markets that Liz Truss’s government can be…
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US set to impose sweeping export controls to rein in Chinese chipmakers
The US is preparing to introduce sweeping export controls in an effort to slow Chinese efforts to obtain semiconductors and…
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UK warned it faces ‘security premium’ for long-term gas supplies
Britain could end up locked in expensive long-term energy deals under proposed arrangements to secure gas from countries including Norway…
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Twitter/Musk: bid at agreed price would boost trust in fair dealing
Less than two weeks from now, Elon Musk was due to face off against Twitter in Delaware’s Court of Chancery.…
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Saudi Arabia and Russia plan deep oil cuts in defiance of US
Saudi Arabia is seeking to raise oil prices at a crucial meeting in Vienna in a move set to anger…
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Xi Jinping’s third term is a tragic error
Xi Jinping will shortly be confirmed for a third term as general secretary of the Communist party and head of…
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Germany’s divisive ‘double ka-boom’ on energy
When Germany’s government announced a bazooka-sized €200bn energy support package for households and businesses last week — a “double ka-boom”,…
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US job vacancies plunge by more than 1mn in sign of cooling economy
US employers cut more than 1mn job vacancies in August, in a sign that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to…
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The Tories have led on climate — until now
Who do you think said this at a climate change event in Oxford the other week? “I hope nobody ever…
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UK Covid inquiry launches with vow to be ‘listening exercise’
Tens of thousands of members of the UK public will be able to provide witness testimony to the long-awaited public…
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Indian bond index: mighty dollar must sometimes play by local rules
JPMorgan will not add India’s $1tn local government bond market to its influential benchmark index just yet. Apparently, there were…
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JPMorgan declines to add India to widely followed bond index
JPMorgan has declined to include India in a widely followed bond index until at least next year after investors raised…
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HSBC explores $9bn sale of Canadian business
HSBC has launched a strategic review of its Canadian business that could lead to its sale for up to $9bn,…
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Ukrainians advance on two fronts battling Russian forces in east and south
Ukraine’s military is steadily pushing back Russian forces across two heavily fortified fronts, attempting to encircle weary Russian troops as…
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Used cars: inflation bump prompts Americans to skimp their rides
There will be no soft impact for the US used auto market. Prices for new and used vehicles have been…
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UK regulator criticises insurers on handling of Covid-related claims
Some insurers have “fallen short” of meeting regulatory requirements when handling coronavirus-related business interruption claims, while others have not met…
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The Saudi-US oil alliance nears the brink
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New war games exhibition explores uneasy union of conflict, tech and entertainment
It looks just like a normal Xbox 360 controller, one I might have held through long gaming sessions during my…
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US considers first over-the-counter birth control pill
More than 60 years after the US revolutionised the lives of women by approving the birth control pill regulators are…
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Military briefing: Which nuclear weapons could Putin use against Ukraine?
It has been called the biggest nuclear threat to world safety since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis: as Vladimir Putin…
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China’s property crash: ‘a slow-motion financial crisis’
Lucy Wang finds herself at the sharp end of a crisis seeping through China’s property market. She once dreamt that…
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Tory discord over government spending is bigger than Truss
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European tech must learn to embrace failure
The writer is CEO and founder, Atomico, and co-founder of Skype A decade or so ago, much was written about…
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European and Asian stocks boosted by overnight rally on Wall Street
Asian and European stocks rallied on Tuesday after Wall Street soared overnight, fuelled by hopes that weakening US economic data…
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