Steven Kamin was previously head of international finance at the Federal Reserve and is now senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Mark Sobel was previously head of international finance at the US Treasury and is now US chair, OMFIF. In recent weeks, the buzz has been mounting about a new American plan — a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India has passed legislation intended to encourage oil and gas exploration to help meet its energy needs, a move that highlights the difficulty of persuading the world’s most populous nation to phase out fossil fuels. … 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 writer is associate professor of political science at Providence College and author of the forthcoming book ‘Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism’ Critical minerals have topped the agenda since Donald Trump’s return … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley sent an email to his daughter referring to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as “uncle Jeffrey”, a court heard on Wednesday, as the ex-Barclays boss attempts to challenge regulators’ allegations that he played down … Read more
The rapid slump in US stocks over the past three weeks has been marked by dramatic falls for the biggest Wall Street names such as chipmaker Nvidia and carmaker Tesla. But below the surface, there have been winners as well as losers as investors switch into stocks viewed as better insulated against economic concerns and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barrick Gold has been ordered to pay veteran dealmaker Ian Hannam’s firm $2mn plus legal costs after the High Court in London found Hannam & Partners helped engineer a $6bn merger and failed to be … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8 per cent in February, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy. Wednesday’s annual … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Britain’s top two financial regulators have axed plans to impose stricter rules for diversity and inclusion, in the latest sign that government pressure on watchdogs to support economic growth is forcing a rethink of … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Asia-Pacific companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The chief executive of Indonesian tech giant GoTo has not ruled out merging with rival Grab as he revealed the company’s first annual profit on Wednesday. GoTo, which runs the Gojek ride-hailing service and is … Read more
