What should Reeves and Starmer say and do next?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is hard not to feel sorry for Rachel Reeves. She is trying to be both responsible and pro-growth. But she is presiding over a stagnant economy with high indebtedness and a set of fiscal … Read more

Google’s $32bn cloud deal rests on hazy assumptions

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a company that made its fortune dishing up answers, Google is surprisingly coy when the questions relate to its own finances. The search-engine giant is paying $32bn to acquire cyber security company Wiz, reanimating … Read more

Hong Kong’s cargo sector faces a tariff test

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hong Kong has long been the world’s busiest air cargo hub, handling more than 4.3mn tonnes of cargo last year. The city’s airport plays a critical role in the global supply chain, connecting China’s industrial … Read more

Small-cap stocks are not signalling recession

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

US allies in Asia must also rethink their defence

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world President Donald Trump’s transformation of the US into a deeply unreliable partner has prompted a radical reconsideration of defence policy among Nato members. The implications for Washington’s allies in the Asia-Pacific have drawn … Read more