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Can we keep trusting US economic data?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest round of jobs numbers this week. A former BLS commissioner, Erica Groshen, and the FT’s US economics correspondent Myles McCormick break down what’s…
Published on 14 hours ago
Uncle Sam to become Intel’s biggest shareholder
The Trump administration announced that it is taking a 10 per cent stake in troubled chipmaker Intel. It’s another interventionist move by the White House in less than a year since US President Donal…
Published on 1 week ago
How to rebuild global trade
The world trade order is being remade. US President Donald Trump has led that charge with tariffs and trade deals that have upended the past 30 years of advancement towards global free trade. If that…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Trump opens retirement to crypto
One of the president’s most recent executive orders paved the way for American retirement accounts to invest in cryptocurrencies and private equity. It’s a seismic change for savers and investors bot…
Published on 3 weeks ago
The real cost of gutting USAID
Six months after the Trump administration gutted the US Agency for International Development, experts are tracking the impact of its absence. The FT’s David Pilling and the Brookings Institution’s Ge…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Gaza crisis puts Trump at a crossroads
On a visit to the UK this week, Trump broke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on the war in Gaza. The FT’s Edward Luce and US foreign affairs correspondent Abigail Hauslohner un…
Published on 1 month ago
Trump’s case against Fed chair Powell
The US president is angry with the chair of the Federal Reserve over interest rates. He’s applying a lot of pressure on Jay Powell to lower them or leave his job. The FT’s Claire Jones and Adam Posen…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Is Zohran Mamdani the future of the Democratic party?
Zohran Mamdani shocked a city, and his own political party, when he soundly defeated his influential rival in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary election. Now, as the second leg of the race r…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Big Pharma’s big tariffs
When US President Donald Trump threatened 200 per cent tariffs on foreign-made pharmaceuticals, investors responded like it was a placebo. It’s the latest spat between drugmakers and an administratio…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The corporate winners and losers under Trump
US President Donald Trump’s approach to the economy has left investors on edge and markets unsure how to react. But his tariffs, trade deals and Truth Social posts have left some corporations better …
Published on 2 months ago