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  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    US interest rates
    Fed should cut US interest rates ‘gradually’, says top official

    St Louis Fed president tells FT the economy could react ‘very vigorously’ to loosening financial conditions

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  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
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    The case for a melt-up in markets

    Investors appear to be setting aside worries since the Fed’s big rate cut

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    Trump’s miracle cure for America

    Former president’s tariff agenda is more like a poison pill for the very voters he seeks to charm

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  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
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    Intel and US race to finalise $8.5bn in chips funding by year’s end

    Chipmaker is seeking ways to shore up its business although potential takeover approaches could complicate talks

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    AES chief expresses concern over Republican candidate’s promise to expand tariffs and roll back green subsidies

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    China’s market stimulus experiment Premium content

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    Markets InsightMaria Vassalou
    Any setback for Treasuries should be seen as a buying opportunity

    Long-term debt and political concerns might lead to more volatility but this is outweighed by the unique financial status of the US

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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    News in-depthIndustrial espionage
    How a Chinese billionaire’s Silicon Valley splurge caught the eye of the FBI

    Shan Xiangshuang’s $10bn buyout group quietly became a top US tech investor. That has triggered official concern

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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Michael Stott
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    Claudia Sheinbaum’s commitment to the ‘Fourth Transformation’ puts at risk decades of reform

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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Harris sets out pro-business economic philosophy in swing-state speech

    Democratic presidential candidate has been under pressure to offer more details on plans

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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump tells trading partners they will lose jobs to the US

    Ex-president outlines protectionist industrial policy as economy moves to centre of White House race

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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    China threatens Calvin Klein owner with blacklist over Xinjiang cotton

    Investigation could lead to first use of security measure against foreign company with significant Chinese interests

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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Three questions for Jay Powell Premium content

    The Fed went all out last week. The aftershocks of the jumbo cut are still reverberating

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Foreign exchange
    Foreigners are piling into China’s free money trade. How long can it last?

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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    What if the Fed doesn’t matter? Premium content

    An interesting heresy

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Trump flags made in China: how tariff-flouting campaign kit flooded the US

    US manufacturers say wrongly labelled online goods are eroding their election-year hopes

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  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
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    Trump’s plan to gut climate law would be self-harm, US energy chief says

    Jennifer Granholm tells FT the ex-president’s vow to undo Inflation Reduction Act would benefit China

    Jennifer Granholm
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US proposes banning Chinese software and components in vehicles

    Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars

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  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast31 min listen
    What would Trump do on trade? With Alan Beattie

    Donald Trump has promised yet more extreme policy if re-elected. What will stick?

  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Trumponomics: the radical plan that would reshape America’s economy

    In a bid to boost manufacturing, the Republican candidate is promising sweeping tariffs. Critics warn they would cause huge damage and heighten global tensions

    The top of Donald Trump’s head in front of a huge, red $100 bill
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    There are no easy answers for US Steel

    Nippon’s proposed acquisition faces some legitimate pushback

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  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Supply chains
    Looming US ports strike threatens fresh supply chain crisis

    Business groups warn of ‘devastating impact’ on economy if dockworkers walk off the job

    Container ships docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    US banks
    Fed’s high-rates era handed $1tn windfall to US banks

    Lenders charged more for loans but kept interest payments to savers down, FT analysis finds

    Jay Powell
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Markets
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    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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