The US, not others, will feel most pain from its economic mistakes
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world It is time to retire the phrase: “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” Said to have first been used in relation to Napoleonic France, that idiom lost its … Read more
Harvard faces an existential test of its financial brainpower
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Harvard University’s oldest-standing building, the Massachusetts Hall, was used as an army barracks during the Revolutionary war. Fierce conflict is therefore no novelty. But the onslaught posed by the Trump administration, which threatens financial devastation … Read more
Yuval Noah Harari: Trump’s world of rival fortresses
Yuval Noah Harari: Trump’s world of rival fortresses
Halfords’ hard pedalling could steer it towards a takeover
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fresh spring days encourage even the laziest to get back on their bikes. Shares in UK cycling and motoring retailer Halfords have recently enjoyed a moment in the sun following a better than expected update. … Read more
The pluses and pitfalls of US bank deregulation
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world You’ve got to give it to them: bankers are good salesmen. Despite a world of mayhem — in trade, geopolitics and markets, much of it caused by US President Donald Trump — the … Read more
Show some respect. No more checking texts in important meetings — like mine
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Messages from the archive of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist WhatsApp to Stephen: That meeting was terrible. Staff were on their phones at different points of the session. I’m pretty sure Alice was playing Candy … Read more
Trump threat awakens India’s ‘big bang’ spirit
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India faced a wrenching balance of payments crisis in 1991 that forced the country to embark on “big bang” reforms that unlocked two decades of rapid growth. Is another external shock about to jolt India’s … Read more