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    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Battle for lithium heats up

      Also in this newsletter: Turkey’s Russian exports in spotlight, COP28 manoeuvres, gold price soars

      Lithum mine in Chile
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Flexible working
      Desks by the hour: why flexible offices are a hit with business

      New form of co-working offers companies ability to expand or shrink space when needed

      Nancy Hey
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      US retailers pull out all the stops to lure Black Friday shoppers

      Also in this newsletter: Nissan’s EV plans for UK, Trump’s threat to green transition, China recruits western influencers

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Jeremy Hunt defends tax cuts despite pressure on public services

      Fiscal watchdog says chancellor’s plans have been funded by leaving departments exposed to inflation

      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Hunt may be lucky but he has not solved the UK growth challenge

      The real problem the chancellor faces is the poor performance of the economy in the long run

      Illustration of Jeremy Hunt using a leaf blower to blow a flurry of £5 notes around
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt produces a highly political Autumn Statement

      Also in this newsletter: Altman back at OpenAI, ECB stress warning, tips from bomb disposal expert

      Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK’s biggest companies excluded from business rates freeze

      Large retail chains that provide ‘lion’s share’ of jobs and investment will bear the brunt, lobby group says

      Selfridges department store on London’s Oxford Street
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Business groups welcome permanent UK tax break on capital investment

      ‘Full expensing’ regime to be extended beyond the initial three-year period announced in March

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Autumn Statement 2023: Alcohol duty frozen to ‘defend the great British pint’

      Under pressure independent pubs fear rise in minimum wage

    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK unfreezes housing benefits as homelessness soars

      Charities and councils welcome the move as a lifeline for some households but say it is not enough

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      News in-depthAutumn Statement
      UK businesses give their verdict

      National insurance cut and extension of full expensing regime win plaudits but concern remains about inflation

      Sarah Winter
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Milei promises shock therapy for Argentina

      Also in this newsletter: uproar at OpenAI, NHS drug deal, Bayer shares dives after trial failure

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    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s autumn statement is no time for short-termism

      Jeremy Hunt should prioritise the country’s economic health ahead of political pressures

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The feelgood factor will remain elusive

      Inflation is falling, but bad vibes will be harder to shift than politicians had hoped

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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Soumaya Keynes
      The ‘greedflation’ question: what have we learnt?

      A quest for evidence supporting this theory has had mixed success

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Japanese economy
      Japan’s economy contracts as weak consumption undercuts recovery

      Third quarter decline will complicate Bank of Japan’s efforts to unwind ultra-loose monetary policy

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Global Economy
      Sahm ado about nothing?

      Or too little ado about Sahmthing?

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      German economy
      Court threatens to blow €60bn hole in German budget over off-balance sheet funds

      Ruling related to country’s enshrined debt brake risks spat within coalition and cash for energy transition

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      Record number of UK households seek help with cost-of-living issues

      Latest Citizens Advice data shows mounting crisis heading into winter as voluntary sector warns it will struggle to cope

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Michelle Mone
      Experts warn on libel tactics after Baroness Mone admits PPE Medpro links

      Conservative peer previously denied any ties to medical equipment company through her lawyers

      Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The coming wave of business bankruptcies

      Following years of low interest rates, creative destruction should be embraced

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    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Britishvolt
      Britishvolt staff warn battery start-up may be trading while insolvent

      Australian entrepreneur David Collard has left bills and staff unpaid for months

      A rendering of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in Blyth
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The great American spending spree

      Pay growth, savings and ‘fomo’ have helped the US economy defy a gloomy backdrop

      ‘Trick-or-treaters’ gather in the Allandale neighborhood on October 31 2023 in Austin, Texas
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Slowing US jobs growth fuels belief that rate rise cycle is ending

      Also in this newsletter: eurozone unemployment rises, Maersk cuts jobs as shipping boom ends, science round-up

      Hiring sign at US store
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Covid inquiry must offer more than lurid revelations

      The real question is why government systems failed when we most needed them

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of the 10 Downing Street door with red hearts pouring out of it, some inscribed with ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’
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