Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Opec+ announced another large increase in oil output for July in the latest sign that the cartel was intent on unwinding the first tranche of its long-standing production cuts as quickly as possible. Eight members of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Start-ups and companies seeking scale-up funding no longer flock to the stock market as readily as they once did. Many bypass the high street banks too. The reason? They have other options thanks to the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British have a reputation for loving underdogs. The flip side of this is that we also enjoy seeing the mighty have a wobble. And there’s nobody mightier than the US president. The investment consensus … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the founding partner of Verdad Advisers and the author of ‘The Humble Investor’ US equity markets have had a banner run in the years since the Covid-19 market panic. Yet despite the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s government and central bank face important decisions in the coming weeks as they decide how best to deal with a surge to record highs in long-term borrowing costs and the prospect of a shrinking … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on steel imports from 25 to 50 per cent in the latest escalation of his global trade war, as he vowed to bring the industry “roaring … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks recorded their biggest monthly rally since late 2023 as investors were encouraged to pile back into risky assets as President Donald Trump backed away from some of his most severe tariffs. The blue-chip S&P … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Jamie Dimon has warned that the US bond market will “crack” under the weight of the country’s rising debt as he called on Donald Trump’s administration to place America on a more sustainable … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ukraine has said it will default on about $600mn it owes to holders of $2.6bn of its debt after an impasse in talks to restructure a key part of Kyiv’s war finances. Ukraine’s finance ministry … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The startling bounceback in US stocks since April’s tariff chaos has stalled. Now, Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill is the event that could make or break it. US retail investors are, it seems, all … Read more