Debt is crushing the developing world

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a professor at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate in economics The late Pope Francis was right to raise the alarm on the debt and development crisis facing developing countries. And he … Read more

A new nationalist victory in Poland

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Poles went to bed on Sunday thinking a centre-right candidate had won their presidential election. They woke to find a nationalist populist had squeaked home instead. Karol Nawrocki’s 51-49 per cent victory was wafer-thin, but … Read more

CK Hutchison’s problem ports show limits to its dealmaking style

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CK Hutchison’s $23bn ports sale produced the Hong Kong conglomerate’s best one-day gain in almost 10 years when it was announced in March, and was reminiscent of the swashbuckling transactions that made founder Li Ka-shing’s … Read more

Interest rates are normal, the world is not

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The interest rate, real and nominal, on long-term safe assets is perhaps the most important price in a capitalist economy. It tells one about confidence in governments and the economy. In recent years, these prices … Read more

A warning from US factories

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more