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Live from the FTWeekend Festival in London
2025 has been a chaotic year, with seemingly random tariffs, the reduction of the labour force, the partial nationalisation of major companies and a …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s a central bank supposed to do?
Central banks have been around for hundreds of years. But they haven’t always done the same thing. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
OK, Doomer
Valuations are high. Employment is down. The Federal Reserve is under attack. For many market watchers, this looks a lot like a recipe for disaster. …
7 months ago
The people’s chip manufacturer
The Trump administration has again extended its control over the US economy, now taking a 10 per cent stake in the chip manufacturer Intel. Control o…
7 months ago
The Fed under attack
The annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is supposed to be an intellectual retreat. Instead, it was overshadowed by personal a…
7 months, 1 week ago
The new pump and dumps
US markets reporter George Steer has been tracking stocks that have soared, then crashed. Some of them might be “pump and dumps”, an old-fashioned st…
7 months, 1 week ago
Is the market too concentrated?
Eight of the 10 biggest stocks in the S&P 500 are technology stocks, and tech as a sector represents 40 per cent of the value of the index. Today on …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Will markets ever care about anything?
As the US president upends the global order, and consolidates power, markets keep climbing. Does it make any sense? Today on the show, Katie Martin a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Lies, damn lies and statistics
President Donald Trump has just installed loyalists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve. The idea is to ensure good news and lo…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Swamp Notes: Trump’s case against Fed chair Powell
Today, we're sharing an episode from our fellow FT podcast, Swamp Notes.
The US president is angry with the chair of the Federal Reserve over interest…
7 months, 3 weeks ago