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 economist at Goldman Sachs I admit it: I often dodge questions about the dollar. A large body of academic literature and my own experience as an economic forecaster have taught me … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Beware unintended consequences. US-listed Chinese companies, including giants Alibaba and Temu owner PDD, have been hit by fears they may be forced to delist from New York. Such a move would be painful for US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pop star Katy Perry returned to Earth from her short trip aboard a Blue Origin rocket with a message for humanity: “I hope they can see the unity that we modelled and replicate that,” she … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Executive over-reach is a theme these days. Investors in US securities — currently grappling with President Donald Trump’s on-off assault on the Federal Reserve’s independence — can vouch for its impact. The latest to join … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It was a mark of the humanity that typified his papacy that Pope Francis appeared in public to deliver Easter blessings and tour St Peter’s Square when his voice and body were clearly failing — … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Big Tech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences In 1913, Woodrow Wilson warned: “If monopoly persists, monopoly will always sit at the … Read more
Trump, Vance and the attack on American universities
For many, Francis was the “people’s pope” or the “pope of the poor” but in his native Argentina, the pontiff had another name: the Peronist pope. Depending on your political persuasion, that would either be a badge of honour or a mark of shame. Peronism has defined and divided Argentina for much of the past … Read more
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
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 a contributing columnist, based in Chicago Steve Pitstick has been farming in the US Midwest for 51 years, about an hour outside Chicago, the city that grain built. Seven generations … Read more