Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The human world is distressingly chaotic. Nature, in contrast, always has a plan. This is on display in my garden, where ferns are now unfurling. Most are defined by repeated patterns. The spiral is the … 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 In 2019, I wrote a column about the coming “dollar doomsday scenario” in which a fundamental shift in globalisation and towards a post-Bretton Woods system would lead to a fall in both the … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Much the most important economic problem the UK confronts is long-term stagnation of productivity. That was the theme of my column two weeks ago. Yes, the turmoil of the moment cannot be ignored. But the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. First we had the “red wall”, then the “blue wall” and now the “turquoise wall” — the one Nigel Farage promises to erect for his Reform UK party across traditional Labour areas. Electoral turbulence in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Think of the last time you paid for something in cash. This may be a struggle for the 22mn adult Britons who only use it once a month or less, though easier for the 1.5mn … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If this week’s World Bank and IMF spring meetings were distilled into three core messages, they would probably be: low growth, high debt and unprecedented global upheaval. That is a difficult trio to overcome. Stimulating … 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 “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach” — words attributed to a certain Donald J Trump in 1987. “For starters, I keep a lot of balls in the air, … Read more
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 Welcome back. Every twist and turn from the White House brings a new rally or sell-off in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Has dabbling in politics ever proved so costly? Between its peak last December and its dismal first-quarter sales and earnings report last week, Tesla lost roughly $800bn in market value. That knocked a cool $100bn … Read more