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Janan Ganesh

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Regardless of ideological parti pris, politicians have an uncanny knack of misconstruing the dynamics of the financial services sector as they seek to bend it to their cause. Consider, first, UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves … Read more

John Plender is a Financial Times columnist. He has written for the FT since 1981, before which he was financial editor of The Economist. He is a winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism. Until the late 1990s he combined his work for the FT with broadcasting roles at the … Read more

Dollar weakness is turning all fund managers into currency traders

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is professor of space policy and international affairs at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute The feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump is no mere sideshow of American political … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Israel’s attack on Iran has been 20 years in the making. For decades, Israeli officials have insisted that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. They also made it clear that … Read more

When I wrote about the National Garden Scheme recently, I asked its team to name several top gardens for our enjoyment. I discovered that I had not visited any of their choices. The most readily accessible from my garden is Cadenham Manor in Wiltshire. Serendipity intervened. At the Chelsea Flower Show, one of Cadenham’s owners, Martin … 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 regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies  The Iranian commanders who fatefully gathered in a Tehran compound last night or were killed as they slept spent decades building … Read more

Labour has made its big play. Are you not convinced?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lower energy prices have been a rare bright spot for US consumers dealing with heightened inflation. After Israel’s strike on Iranian targets, that may well reverse.  The Iran shock presents two risks to the price … Read more