BUSINESS
Is Wall Street ready to stay up all night?
The New York Stock Exchange is looking to trade for 22 hours a day — raising thorny questions about how equity markets function
BUSINESS
Lex: Beware tech bosses bearing dusty economic paradoxes
Powell did not give much on the big questions of the day — tariffs, immigration, tax, and quantitative tightening.
BUSINESS
Monetary policy is a sideshow now
Powell did not give much on the big questions of the day — tariffs, immigration, tax, and quantitative tightening
BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma: The world is moving on to trade without the US
Many nations have been responding to Trump tariffs not by retaliating but by courting other trade partners
BUSINESS
US stocks at most expensive relative to bonds since dotcom era
Tech-fuelled equity rally throws up red flag on ‘Fed model’ for comparing valuations
BUSINESS
Fed to keep rates on hold for ‘foreseeable future’, Pimco says
US central bank will wait for more details of Trump’s policies before resuming cuts, says bond manager’s investment chief
BUSINESS
Donald Trump threatens to double tax rates for foreign nationals, companies
President orders officials to draw up retaliatory measures against ‘extraterritorial’ taxes
BUSINESS
Trump’s trade-offs
Trump likes tariffs and tariff threats. Investors, on the whole, do not. At some point the time for posturing will end and the time for policy will begin
BUSINESS
Trump’s trade challenge
Will tariffs be his only tool? Or will he support industrial policy and US workers in more effective and durable ways?
BUSINESS
The China commodities supercycle is over. Will there be another?
Chinese demand for steel and iron ore has finally peaked. The industry hopes the energy transition will spark a new boom, but it will be shaped by geopolitical competition
BUSINESS
TikTok ban could create a valuable prize: users’ brain space
For Mark Zuckerberg the biggest coup would be to buy the video app outright
BUSINESS
A market in suspense
BUSINESS
Private sector stakes claim to Moon’s airwaves
Increased share of commercial radio spectrum filings shows bet on future lunar economy, FT research finds
BUSINESS
The fight over robots threatening American jobs
As automation becomes a reality everywhere from retail warehouses to restaurant kitchens, the use of robots is increasingly controversial
BUSINESS
An economically dynamic India is Manmohan Singh’s greatest legacy
He drove radical reform of an anti-market policy regime that was strangling growth
TRENDS
Ruchir Sharma: top 10 trends for 2025
Projections about the coming year assume market shifts will be dictated by Donald Trump. But the global economy is unlikely to revolve around the US
BUSINESS
Forecast mostly gloomy, but that’s a good thing
Forewarned isn’t always forearmed. Is there a better way to consider the future?
BUSINESS
China’s central bank plans policy overhaul as pressure mounts on economy
People’s Bank of China will start to behave more like US Fed in using one main interest rate to steer demand for credit
BUSINESS
Donald Trump’s ‘Maganomics’ will damage growth, economists tell FT polls
On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies
BUSINESS
China steps up drive to break Boeing, Airbus grip on plane market
State-owned Comac opens offices abroad and pushes for overseas certification as it increases output of C919 jets
BUSINESS
Pressure is ratcheting up on US banks over debanking
There is a good chance the Trump administration will take action over the issue after complaints from the right
TECHNOLOGY
Four AI predictions for 2025
While the momentum behind the development of large models might fade, there will be other advances
BUSINESS
India roars ahead of China to top Asian IPO rankings
Fast-growing Indian market behind only the US in money raised by company listings
BUSINESS
Why the mysteries of corporate longevity matter to investors
It is unclear why some companies have staying power
