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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s consumer prices fell 0.5 per cent year on year in November, the sharpest decline in three years as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with worsening deflation. Consumer prices dropped by more than the 0.2
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EU lawmakers have agreed the terms for landmark legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, pushing ahead with enacting the world’s most restrictive regime on the development of the technology. Thierry Breton, EU commissioner, confirmed in a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Simultaneous disruption in the Panama and Suez canals, two vital corridors for global trade, is threatening global supply chains in the run-up to Christmas. Shipowners and importers have warned that a drought in the Panama
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US vetoed a UN security council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. The vote on the draft resolution put forward by the United Arab Emirates underscored the
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Central banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer, an FT contributing editor, is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts and former chief economist at the Bank of England Like many parents, I used to try disciplining badly-behaved children in the
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was blunt when he addressed G7 leaders this week. “Russia hopes only for one thing: that next year the free world’s consolidation will collapse. Russia believes that America and Europe will show weakness, and will not maintain support for Ukraine,” he said in a video call on Wednesday evening with his
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Palestinian Authority is working with US officials on a plan to run Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over, the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has said. Shtayyeh said he did
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. French artificial intelligence start-up Mistral has been valued at €2bn in a blockbuster funding round set to close as early as Friday, becoming the latest beneficiary of the investor frenzy to buy into the world’s
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US employers added 199,000 jobs in November, a jump from October and another sign of labour market strength that will bolster Federal Reserve officials’ view that the economy can withstand high interest rates. The non-farm
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spoiler alert: Boris Johnson didn’t take Covid-19 seriously enough. The UK’s pandemic inquiry is beginning to feel like a slow-moving whodunnit where everyone already knows the ending. What Johnson took very seriously indeed, as the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sometimes this job takes you down unexpected avenues. And so it was that I spent much of Thursday night squinting at a blurry picture of a man in an expensive coat who might be Timothée
Sean Turnell is seated with his back to Sydney’s harbour at a small table on the strip of restaurants along the Barangaroo promenade. It’s a hot and humid day and I’m running a couple of minutes late. When I see he’s wearing shorts and a polo shirt, I quietly curse myself for changing into my
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. President Xi Jinping has warned that China’s economic recovery is “still at a critical stage” as Communist party leaders pledged to support growth with further “proactive” fiscal and “effective” monetary policy in the new year.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The British public’s expectations for price growth in the year ahead fell to the lowest level in two years last month, supporting the view that the Bank of England will not need to raise interest
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK developers have reached a “tipping point” on building costs due to slowing construction and easing energy prices, according to one of London’s biggest housebuilders. Rob Perrins, chief executive of Berkeley Group, said: “We are
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s competition regulator has taken the first steps of an investigation into Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, one of the tech industry’s most lucrative tie-ups. The Competition and Markets Authority on Friday said it
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government has paid Rwanda another £100mn as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s troubled plan to send asylum seekers to the east African nation, taking the total cost so far to £240mn. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Arabia shelved plans for Mohammed bin Salman to visit London in the past few days, according to UK officials, shortly before the crown prince hosted Vladimir Putin in Riyadh. UK and Saudi officials have