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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US stocks closed slightly lower after a day of wild swings on Wall Street as traders remained fixated on Donald Trump’s tariffs on the country’s trading partners. The blue-chip S&P 500 lost 0.2 … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world On Monday morning traders woke up to signals of carnage across their screens. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed down over 13 per cent, marking its worst single-day fall since 1997. In Europe, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Andrew Bailey has been chosen as the next chair of the world’s financial stability watchdog, handing the Bank of England governor responsibility for trying to avoid a financial crisis by co-ordinating policies between top global … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The White House promised in its schedule for Donald Trump’s jabberwocky trade taxes last week that markets would have their opportunity to “respond as the impact of renewed American strength takes hold”. That response? … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices dropped further on Monday as US President Donald Trump signalled he would push ahead with sweeping global tariffs despite plunging stock markets and rising fears of recession. Brent crude fell 3.48 per cent to … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The market rout triggered by Donald Trump’s tariffs deepened on Monday after the US president signalled he would not back down from his aggressive trade policies despite growing fears of a global recession. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. You might have missed it, but April is “Financial Literacy Month” in the US. On April 1 (yes, really!) the White House released the following statement from Donald Trump: During this National Financial Literacy Month, … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Last week, said the head of trading at one brokerage in Tokyo, markets were unsure what they were seeing. Was Donald Trump serious about tariffs or was it brinkmanship? Would there be a sudden … Read more
The UK plans to introduce a lighter regulatory regime for private equity and hedge funds, and Italy may block an EU plan to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Plus, popular ‘private browsing’ apps hosted by Apple and Google may violate American sanctions, and the trade war has triggered the biggest sell-off in the … Read more
Christopher Mahon is head of Dynamic Real Return in Multi-Asset Investing at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. In February, the Bank of England updated its estimates for the lifetime losses of the asset purchase facility, the vehicle through which it conducts quantitative easing. Its prediction for APF losses had crept up: from £95bn in September, to £115bn … Read more