The corporate backlash against net zero
Brussels is pushing EU member states to agree to a $60 ceiling on global purchases of Russian oil and emerging market stocks and bonds are staging a strong rebound. Plus, a push by the UN to tighten c...
2 Joulu 202210min
Fed hints at less aggressive rate increase
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled the central bank will start to slow the pace of interest rate increases, French president Emanuel Emmanuel Macron is meeting with US president Joe Biden toda...
1 Joulu 20229min
Private equity’s mystery boxes
China is enlisting the help of tech giants to reduce its dependence on foreign semiconductor technology, the Federal Reserve is divided over how much to raise interest rates, and private equity firms ...
30 Marras 202210min
Why are China’s nationwide protests happening now?
Europe is importing a record amount of seaborne Russian gas, and Rolls-Royce has successfully tested hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to power a modern aircraft engine. Plus, the FT’s Europe-...
29 Marras 202210min
China rocked by protests against ‘zero-Covid’ policies
Zero-Covid protests in Shanghai escalated on Sunday evening as police struggled to disperse large crowds who gathered in the city, and Iranian protests continue but businesses are reluctant to join. P...
28 Marras 202210min
Martin Wolf: The geopolitical threat to globalisation
The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation. Mentioned in this podcast:Geopolitics is the biggest threat to globalisationT...
24 Marras 202210min
Qatar’s bet on the World Cup
Mortgage rates in the UK on five-year fixed deals have dipped below 6 per cent for the first time in nearly two months, and US retailers are facing their first real-terms fall in revenues since the gl...
23 Marras 20229min
Bob Iger's back at Disney. But who comes next?
Austria’s central bank chief is calling for a third-straight 0.75 percentage point interest rate rise at the European Central Bank’s next meeting, Disney executives ousted Bob Chapek as CEO and re-ins...
22 Marras 202210min
