Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Growth: A Reckoning’ and an economist at Oxford university and King’s College London In normal times, forecasts on the UK public finances from the Office for Budget Responsibility, expected … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The animal spirits unleashed by Donald Trump’s re-election were supposed to spur a flood of US dealmaking. Instead, Wall Street’s finest have been sitting on their hands while volatile equity markets and escalating trade warfare … 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 chief executive of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group Many investors are questioning the state of US consumers and their ability to continue to power the American economy in the wake of disappointing data … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the world of design and interiors, collaborations are now so commonplace that they have become the stuff of comedy. In the brilliant new TV series Amandaland, the main character even refers to her job … Read more
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This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Happy Sunday. This week I return to the US economy. The odds of a recession in America rose … 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 the founder of Lean In and Option B and former chief operating officer of Meta This is a critical moment for America and its economy. There are vehement disagreements on nearly every … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Which is hotter: a Burberry trenchcoat or a sausage roll? Britons’ hunger for Greggs was previously so healthy that the UK bakery chain was worth more than the British purveyor of luxury goods by market … Read more
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