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Just how frothy is America’s stockmarket?
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
We crunch the numbers to assess just how euphoric investors became in 2024...
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Don’t count on monetary policy to make housing affordable
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Unless housebuilding picks up, neither cheap nor dear money will bring relief...
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Why Brazil’s currency is plunging
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Fiscal and monetary policy are now pitted against one another...
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The search for the world’s most efficient charities
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
What the data say about doing good well...
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Conflict is remaking the Middle East’s economic order
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Iran is boxed in as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey look to capitalise...
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Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money...
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The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places...
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The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon...
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What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?...
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Bitcoin is up by 138% this year. It is a nonsense-free rally
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
The link between digital assets and mainstream finance is strengthening...
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US Economy
Has Big Oil changed? | FT Film
Thu, 01 Dec 2022
With the climate emergency, the war in Ukraine, and the global energy crisis, Big Oil is under pressure as never...
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Listen: Millennials on the move
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
The generation’s choice of where to live is redrawing the map of America...
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Trump's first 100 days: the verdict
Wed, 26 Apr 2017
What has been so far Trump's impact on markets, consumer confidence and the economy?...
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Where US interest rates are heading
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
Nick Gartside of JP Morgan Asset Management thinks rates will rise steeply...
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BBC News
Heathrow cancels flights as wind hits festive travel
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Strong winds are continuing to cause some disruption as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas....
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Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country....
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Christmas getaway: Tips to avoid disruption
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Some 14 million drivers are expected to hit the road in the last weekend before Christmas, according to the RAC....
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'Worst place I've lived': Vulnerable left in unsafe homes
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Vulnerable people have been left living in homes which have been deemed unsafe, the BBC has discovered....
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Elon Musk's curious fixation with Britain
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
The tycoon has changed his tune when it comes to the UK - and there are clues which help to...
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How much is the winter fuel payment and who can still get it?
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Government plans to limit the payment have been criticised by some MPs, unions and charities....
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Why self-confessed 'superfans' were engrossed by Post Office inquiry
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
People with no connection to the Post Office avidly followed the inquiry, both online and in person....
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Valencians struggling to recover from devastating floods
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
The Spanish region was badly hit by flooding in October, and the clean up is far from over....
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Google suggests fixes to its search monopoly
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Google proposed new limits after a judge ruled Google illegally crushed competition in search. ...
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Volkswagen agrees deal to avoid German plant closures
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
VW and a union have, however, agreed to cut more than 35,000 jobs across the country by 2030....
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