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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rating agency Fitch has downgraded China’s sovereign debt over concerns about weaker public finances and the impact of higher tariffs on exports, a move that prompted accusations of bias from Beijing. In a statement on … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are few outright winners from a global trade war. But tariffs are a blunt instrument. Sometimes, large headline numbers don’t fully reflect a sector’s exposure — which can create opportunities for sharp-eyed investors. Irish … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices tumbled on Thursday as Opec+ unexpectedly announced plans to boost production just as sweeping US tariffs stoked fears of a global economic slowdown. Eight Opec+ members, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, said they would … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wall Street banks have thrown in the towel on a marquee refinancing meant to pay down one of the largest private credit deals, in a sign of the turbulence in loan markets since Donald Trump … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world “Just tell me how things will end up!” It’s a question on many minds as the global economy undergoes a genuine paradigm shift that goes well beyond the US tariff announcement currently shocking … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US consumers face even steeper rises in the price of coffee and chocolate as a result of US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on the world’s largest producers. The levies, which will hit coffee imports … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome to Energy Source, coming to you from New York. The world is still grappling with what Donald Trump’s … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Fintech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The valuation of US fintech Plaid has fallen by more than half to about $6bn, a victim of stubbornly high interest rates and signalling a more challenging environment for fast-growing start-ups. Plaid, which built its financial … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There’s a lot going on at the moment, but the most interesting might be how the dollar has been absolutely tanked by yesterday’s tariff news. The DXY dollar index has plunged 1.7 per cent today, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Stock markets around the world dropped on Thursday after Donald Trump unveiled a blitz of tariffs on US trading partners that went further than most investors had expected. Shares of export-focused companies led a sell-off … Read more