Banks get ready for bad loans, losses at Berkshire Hathaway, BlackRock’s influence
US and European banks are on track to book more than $50bn of charges on souring loans in the first quarter. Plus, the FT’s Eric Platt reports on Berkshire Hathaway’s annual general meeting, where War...
4 Maj 20208min
Amazon Covid-19 costs, Boeing taps bond market, UK recruits fruit pickers
Amazon has warned that coronavirus measures could cost at least $4bn in the next quarter and wipe out any gain from a jump in sales during the pandemic, and Boeing has tapped the bond market for $25bn...
1 Maj 20209min
Fed’s ‘medium-term’ warning, Microsoft growth, Barclays loan provisions
The Federal Reserve has warned of lasting “medium-term” economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The FT’s James Politi unpacks the central bank’s outlook. Plus, the White House praised Gilead’s...
30 Apr 202010min
Alphabet’s signs of recovery, Trump’s meat plant order, measuring inflation
Google’s internet search business stabilised in April after a sharp downturn at the end of last month, Fitch has downgraded Italy’s credit rating to a single notch above junk, and US President Donald ...
29 Apr 202010min
European bank earnings, coronavirus threat to call centres
US oil prices fell sharply on Monday after the world’s largest oil-backed exchange traded fund began offloading all of its short-term contracts, and investors in European banks are braced for signific...
28 Apr 20209min
Covid-19 death toll, gap between financial markets and economy, Berlin’s reopening
An FT analysis found that the death toll from coronavirus may be almost 60 per cent higher than reported in official counts, and analysts are scrambling for explanations on the divergence between the ...
27 Apr 202010min
Germany backs EU recovery fund, Gilead drug flops, Rana Foroohar on US austerity
Germany is prepared to make a substantial financial contribution to help relaunch eurozone economies after the coronavirus pandemic, and the World Health Organization accidentally published documents ...
24 Apr 20209min
ECB to accept ‘fallen angel’ bonds as collateral, Covid-19 legal protections
The European Central Bank has changed its rules to accept bonds that lose their investment grade credit rating during the coronavirus crisis as collateral, oil prices rebounded on Wednesday after Dona...
23 Apr 202010min
