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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chief US economist at Brevan Howard President Donald Trump’s administration argues reciprocal tariffs between the US and other nations can level the playing field for fair trade. But what is … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wall Street bankers are getting jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday, but not much jam today. Jefferies Financial Group confirmed on Wednesday what most executives and investors already sensed: the profit picnic they expected this year … 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 director of the Turkey programme at the Middle East Institute and author of ‘Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria’ Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party held Sunday’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nimesh Shah Rachel Reeves’ plans to invest an additional £300mn in HM Revenue & Customs over the next five years will not even scratch the surface in tackling the gap between what the tax authority … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What’s in it for me? That’s a question many British businesses will legitimately be asking after Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. For all of the UK chancellor’s rhetoric about kick-starting economic growth, the domestically focused FTSE … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There were no tax changes in the Spring Statement, as expected, but any sense of relief for our personal finances should be tempered with caution. By the time the autumn Budget comes around, I fear … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Mexico will learn its fate just after April Fool’s Day. Donald Trump has called April 2 “liberation day”. For Mexicans, it will be the moment they discover the extent of the economic damage … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Australian politician Julia Gillard once wondered what it was about “the air in England that makes conservatives care about climate change”. The Conservative party’s commitment to a greener planet made it an outlier among … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When activist investor Oasis Management called for change at Japanese consumer goods giant Kao — proposing boardroom reform through the election of outside directors and long term incentives — the response was clear and decisive. … Read more
