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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The word “bazooka” is an overused metaphor for financial policy decisions. But it is entirely fitting to describe Germany’s Damascene conversion to deficit spending — a political agreement to ditch deficit limits altogether for defence … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s spending on welfare is growing inexorably. The Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated that the country’s total expenditure on benefits will increase by more than 25 per cent to £378bn by 2030. This is … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy Financial markets have witnessed a dramatic change that is overturning the consensus trades that dominated until early February of this … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. We’ve rented our attic room to a lodger for almost five years. The tax-free income we make has covered trips away and we like having the security of someone there when we’re on holiday. But … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blowback against Elon Musk has lit a rocket under Europe’s besieged space sector, as countries rethink their reliance on Starlink, the satellite system of President Donald Trump’s favoured tech billionaire. In Italy, a proposed $1.5bn … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firms are circling the UK’s beleaguered listed real estate trusts. The interest could help breathe life into the sector after years of underperformance. Assura, which specialises in GP surgeries and other healthcare buildings, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When times are tough, penny-pinching shoppers may cut back on a new car or washing machine, but they are still happy to splurge on small luxuries, such as a good quality $20 lipstick. That, at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you are a new government desperately searching for money, then there can be few more inviting targets than the British welfare system. The only points in the UK’s history that welfare spending has been … Read more
