Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept cookies
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • US debt crisis: Joe Biden gets the deal done but at a cost
    • White House reaches deal with Republicans to avert US debt default
    • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extends rule into third decade with Turkish election victory
    • Republican leaders try to quell debt deal revolt as US counts down to default
    • China’s first passenger jet completes maiden commercial flight
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Companies
      Sections
      • Companies Home
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
      Most Read
      • Canada’s big banks log 13-fold rise in loan loss provisions
      • UK mid-market dining chains fight for survival after Covid and cost of living woes
      • Sky to cut hundreds of jobs in shift from satellite TV
      • Mike Lynch uses $50mn in Darktrace shares to secure US bail
      • Peter Orszag: the ‘scholar-banker’ named to restore Lazard’s fortunes
    • Tech
    • Markets
      Sections
      • Markets Home
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      Most Read
      • AI boom drives gains for chip stocks
      • Après debt ceiling deal, le T-bill déluge
      • India’s biggest alternative asset manager bets on private credit
      • Weddings and divorce: the scourge of investment returns
      • Is COP28 destined to be a flop?
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      Sections
      • Opinion Home
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
      Most Read
      • Buffett’s intriguing bet on Japan
      • What we get wrong about ageing and work
      • Now the UK is finally tackling ‘Londongrad’, it’s time the US upped its game
      • Citizens’ juries can help fix democracy
      • A stylist, yes, but Martin Amis was also right on the money
    • Work & Careers
      Sections
      • Work & Careers Home
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      Most Read
      • Wellcome Leap’s Regina Dugan: ‘Odds are irrelevant, if what you’re trying to do is important’
      • Germany’s tangled relationship with Russia
      • Economist Daniel Chandler: ‘Shareholders have all the power. It doesn’t have to be that way.’
    • Life & Arts
      Sections
      • Life & Arts Home
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
      Most Read
      • Yes, Suella Braverman should go, but not for the reason you think
      • GCHQ’s Jeremy Fleming: ‘Xi doesn’t want to see Putin humiliated’
      • The UK’s best bakeries: the readers’ picks
      • From Bowie to Jagger, the photos that created legends
      • We need to talk about picnics
    • HTSI
    MenuSearch
    • Home
    • World
    • US
    • Companies
    • Tech
    • Markets
    • Climate
    • Opinion
    • Work & Careers
    • Life & Arts
    • HTSI
    Financial Times
    SubscribeSign In

    Delphine Strauss

    Economics Correspondent

    Email Delphine Strauss

    Add to myFT Digest

    Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      UK inflation
      MPs and retailers hit out at UK plan to cap basic food prices

      Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      Britain’s record-high immigration — in charts

      The ONS’s net migration figure of 606,000 reflects hiring of healthcare workers and opening of humanitarian routes

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK net immigration hits record high of 606,000

      Pressure mounts on Sunak but statistics agency says inflows are now stabilising

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      UK inflation
      Lidl pay boost underlines UK wage growth pressures

      Rising salaries could prolong the country’s bout of high inflation, warn economists

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      UK business & economy
      IMF says it no longer expects UK recession this year

      Outlook notes that inflation remains ‘stubbornly high’

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      UK inflation
      Hunt pushes for supermarkets to curb soaring prices

      Food becoming more of a factor than energy in driving stubbornly high level of inflation

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Milk mark-ups hit 30-year high at UK retailers

      Other charts of the week: US companies offshoring profits, leaders in solar power, and attitudes to social change

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK immigration
      UK net migration has more than doubled from pre-Brexit levels, figures set to show

      Data for 2022 is due out in the coming week and analysts expect it to set a new record

    • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
      ObituaryRobert Lucas
      Robert Lucas, economist, 1937-2023

      A master model-builder who took on the Keynesians and reinvented his discipline

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Brexit
      Why the watered-down EU law bill remains mired in controversy

      There is still uncertainty about its final shape despite significant amendments

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak distances himself from Conservatives’ net migration pledge

      PM implicitly blames Johnson for government’s failure to meet immigration target

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      UK employment
      UK wage growth shows little sign of easing

      Increase in public sector earnings hits 20-year high of 5.6%

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      UK tax
      Freeze on income tax thresholds set to snare 1 in 7 UK adults

      About 7.8mn people will be paying the 40p rate originally intended for high earners by 2027-28, think-tank calculates

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      Downing St refuses to say when Sunak will deliver migration pledge

      Pressure mounts on Tories to honour 2019 manifesto promise as inflows tipped to reach record high

    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK staff shortages hit education and health hardest, report finds

      Public sector wages fall further behind private sector as unions prepare for fresh pay talks

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour party plans ‘right to switch off’ for out-of-hours workers

      Manifesto proposal would echo legislation across Europe to stop bosses contacting staff

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK plans curbs on visas for overseas students’ family members

      Ministers tackle boom area in legal migration with net inflows set to hit a record high

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Brexit
      UK pulls back on plan to revoke all EU regulations

      Only around 600 out of 4,000-plus Brussels-derived rules will be scrapped by end of year

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      UK employment
      Sharp fall in recruitment of UK permanent staff in April, report finds

      Survey shows steepest decline since height of Covid pandemic, with London particularly hard hit

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK business & economy
      Haulage industry forced to train post-Brexit army of homegrown drivers

      Two years on from acute shortage of truckers, the sector has resolved the crisis through higher wages and skills ‘boot camps’

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      UK labour productivity
      Will anything revive UK productivity?

      Recent upheaval has seemingly made no difference to long-term trend of weak growth

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS pay deal wins backing of most staff representatives in England

      Government to press ahead with 5% wage rise despite continued opposition from main nurses’ union

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Hopes of resolution in NHS dispute in England as GMB accepts pay offer

      But teaching unions announce plans for fresh classroom strike ballots as public sector disputes continue

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      News in-depthUK labour disputes
      Royal College of Nursing alienates other unions in NHS pay dispute

      The RCN’s tactics have angered other organisations seeking wage increases for health service workers

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      UK employment
      UK lost record number of working days to sickness in 2022, says ONS

      Official figures show rise in absence rate comes as government seeks to boost size of workforce

    Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

    Useful links

    Support

    View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

    Legal & Privacy

    Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

    Services

    Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT ChannelsFT Schools

    Tools

    PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

    Community & Events

    FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

    More from the FT Group

    Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2023. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
    The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
    Financial Times

    International Edition

    Subscribe for full access
    • Switch to UK Edition

    Top sections

    • Home
    • World
      • Global Economy
      • UK
      • US
      • China
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • Emerging Markets
      • Europe
      • War in Ukraine
      • Americas
      • Middle East & North Africa
      • Australia & NZ
    • US
      • US Economy
      • US Companies
      • US Politics & Policy
    • Companies
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
    • Tech
    • Markets
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
    • Work & Careers
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
    • Life & Arts
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
    • Personal Finance
      • Property & Mortgages
      • Investments
      • Pensions
      • Tax
      • Banking & Savings
      • Advice & Comment
      • Next Act
    • HTSI
    • Special Reports

    FT recommends

    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Lunch with the FT
    • FT Globetrotter
    • #techAsia
    • Moral Money
    • Newsletters
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • News feed
    • FT Live Events
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
    • myFT
    • Portfolio
    • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
    • Crossword
    • Our Apps
    • Help Centre
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In