It’s all about the dollar
FT News Briefing17 Mai 2024

It’s all about the dollar

The US Supreme Court rejects an existential legal challenge to the country’s top consumer finance watchdog, a $10bn US property fund is running low on liquidity as investors demand their money back, and Russia and China agree to tighten military ties and deepen their economic partnership after talks in Beijing. Plus, central banks around the world are impatiently waiting for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.


Mentioned in this podcast:

US Supreme Court rejects challenge to top consumer finance agency

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping vow to co-operate against ‘destructive and hostile’ US

Dangers of dollar nationalism hang over the world economy

Can the strong dollar be tamed?

Starwood’s $10bn property fund taps credit line as investors pull money


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Manuela Saragosa, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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