The White House war on federal statistics

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Leading academic economists are fretting not just about what the Trump administration’s policies might to do US growth and inflation. More than 90 per cent of respondents to the latest FT-Chicago Booth poll … Read more

Don’t call European stocks ‘exceptional’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There’s an old line about those who can see a bandwagon have already missed it. In the case of Europe’s stock markets, which are becoming an exciting investment destination, that’s only partly true. Investors in … Read more

Turkish assets take a confidence hit

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Trust is slowly won but quickly lost. It has taken several years for Turkey to regain the confidence of international investors after president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s unorthodox economic policies stoked massive inflation. News on Wednesday … Read more

Starmer is zigging where Blair zagged

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One paradox of Keir Starmer’s government is that while many of its most important ministers and senior special advisers are either card-carrying Blairites or Blair-era retread appointments (or both), the government as a whole is … Read more

Zara does not belong on the sales rack

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pull down the shutters! Wheel out the bargain rail! Retail stocks on both sides of the Atlantic are having a punishing time as investors fret about how shoppers will react to tariff wars and gloomy … Read more

Clarity on tariffs can’t come soon enough

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

The Democrats must make a choice

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world What should the Democrats do? It’s a huge question right now, not only for the party, but for the US. Aside from Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who is travelling around the country to … Read more