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  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Indian companies move in as US cuts China out of its solar industry

    Washington weighs more tariffs on imports after flood of Chinese panels drove global prices to record lows

    Workers install solar panels at Adani Group’s Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda, India
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    US employment
    US economy smashes expectations with 254,000 jobs added in September

    Figure prompts traders to increase bets Federal Reserve will slow pace of interest rate cuts

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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    US labour disputes
    US dockworkers suspend strike that threatened to cripple ports

    Workers will return under deal to extend contract until January 15 and avert billions in economic damage

    Dockworkers on strike outside the Port of Savannah in Georgia
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    How to fragment the global economy Premium content

    The many ways in which the big blocs can make it hard to stay non-aligned

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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UnhedgedJennifer Hughes
    What we mean by ‘recession’ matters Premium content

    Downturns don’t have to be extreme events to affect markets

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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Why the US can’t impose its will over global trade in electric cars

    The American market is too small to give Washington leverage over Chinese software in EVs

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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Oren Cass
    US union members and leaders are not always on the same political page

    The data behind the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate may be more widespread than we think

    Flanked by labor union leaders, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to union workers during a campaign event
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    UnhedgedAiden Reiter
    The trouble with pinning down the neutral rate Premium content

    Don’t rely on easy r* narratives

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  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    News in-depthUS labour disputes
    Harold Daggett, US port union boss disrupting global trade

    The powerful longshoremen president has closed eastern and southern US docks

    Harold Daggett with striking dock workers
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    US labour disputes
    US economy faces ‘paralysis’ before election as dockworkers go on strike

    Business estimates stoppage could cost nearly $5bn a day after ‘impasse’ over wages and automation

    Dockworkers on strike at the Port of Miami on Tuesday hold placards, some of which read ‘Machines don’t feed families’
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    Have we seen the end of cheap money?

    There are reasons to expect real rates to go even higher

    James Ferguson illustration of a person riding a bicycle up a rising interest rate curve
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Pace of rate cuts is uncertain Premium content

    Central banks are in cutting mode — but how fast they will lower interest rates remains unclear

    Montage with photos of Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    An unpredictable America looks more and more like an emerging market

    Stock markets are roaring but political volatility and social tensions make some investors see the US as a risk to be hedged against

    Illustration of the colours of the US flag, with a row of stars that turn into exclamation marks in triangles. There are two figures looking at the stars/hazard signs
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    US interest rates
    Powell signals Fed will revert to quarter-point cut in November

    US central bank chair expresses ‘growing confidence’ of soft landing for economy

    Jay Powell
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Fears for Little League baseball in the US as children’s sport commercialises

    Traditional neighbourhood games are losing out as youth sport becomes a multibillion-dollar industry

    Southeast Region celebrate after the game against Asia-Pacific Region at Lamade Stadium in Pennsylvania
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    What swing states want Premium content

    Kamala Harris is betting a somewhat vague, yet pragmatic approach on the economic front will work where it matters

    Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Pittsburgh
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Trade Secrets
    The dock strikes that threaten trade and the freeports that fail to boost it Premium content

    US east coast labour unions are set to cause serious disruption to container shipping

    A container ship is unloaded in the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    The Fed’s insurance policy

    Big interest rate cut is yet another evolution in paradigm of liquidity dominance

    A screen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange displays a news conference with Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell on September 18
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    News in-depthSupply chains
    Freight rates rise as companies plan for costly US port strike

    Analysts say a stoppage from next week could cost the economy $5bn a day and raise prices for consumers

    A shipping container is offloaded from a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    US inflation
    Fed’s preferred inflation measure falls more than expected to 2.2%

    Data comes after US central bank last week cut interest rates for the first time since the pandemic

    Chart showing annual per cent change in US PCE
  • 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

    Alberto Musalem
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The case for a melt-up in markets

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

    Pedestrians walks past the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    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

    Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Mosack Group warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Intel Corp
    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

    Montage of Intel logo and exterior of an Intel facility
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast19 min listen
    Immigration and unemployment

    How does the influx of immigrants affect US jobs numbers?

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