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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Lex PopuliEuropean banks
    Italian debt: rule changes could put pressure on investors

    Non-performing loans look to be on the rise again

    Giorgia Meloni in front of an EU flag
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    How can we defuse the household debt time bomb?

    The nature of people’s debts have changed significantly — so too must debt solutions

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Pension Protection Fund
    Employers call for changes to UK pension lifeboat levy

    Backlash from business as Pension Protection Fund’s reserves swell to more than £12bn

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Disrupted Times
    High wage growth causes headache for policymakers

    Also in this newsletter: UK steel deal, Beijing bites back on electric cars, science round-up

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  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
    Lessons not learnt from Covid-19

    Policymakers are failing to address the likelihood of another pandemic

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  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Gig economy
    Government inaction over tax umbrellas drives avoidance schemes, experts say

    Rule changes have led to increasing numbers of freelancers joining unregulated schemes

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  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    LexAmerican Airlines Group Inc
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    The stock price has fallen by more than 40% despite rising flyer volume

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  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    Ian Diamond
    When economic data is uncertain, official statisticians should say so

    The ONS will redouble efforts to ensure the public can have faith in its work

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  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    Flexible working
    Employers and staff seek truce on office working

    While some companies are tightening mandates on working from home, more are moving to flexible models

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  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    UK economy
    Will the Bank of England park the bus?

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  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Disrupted Times
    UK and eurozone housebuilding hit by ‘perfect storm’

    Also in this newsletter: crumbling concrete, big moment for music streaming, BoE chief casts doubt on need for more rate rises

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  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Unhedged
    The Goldilocks equilibrium Premium content

    And industrials’ strong performance

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    UK Government
    UK government ‘slow to take action’ on Covid-19 grant losses, say MPs

    Public accounts committee finds less than 2 per cent of losses on 8 business support schemes retrieved

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  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
    Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

    Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    News in-depthTravel & leisure industry
    Europe’s tourist surge defies cost of living crisis

    US visitor influx helps region enjoy best summer season since before pandemic

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  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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    UK wages: which sectors are driving up pay?

    Britain could see interest rates rise further as pay growth remains high

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  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    UK economy
    How the UK’s radical data revisions shattered its economic narrative

    Changes to Office for National Statistics output estimates leave economists rushing to revise views

  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
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    UK economy bounced back from Covid, ONS revisions reveal

    Statistical agency’s revisions put Britain’s post-pandemic recovery in line with G7 peers

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  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Future of work
    ‘Friday is just a dead day’: how a summer perk became a year-round staple

    More white-collar employees are clearing the decks at the end of the week after pandemic upended in-office work

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  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK tax
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    Taxpayers face a struggle to balance their finances as fiscal screw tightens

  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Home from holiday — but can you get your money back?

    The enforcement of air passenger rights has been off the official radar screen for too long

  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    FT SeriesExtreme renting
    Extreme renting: Estonia start-up boom fuels EU’s biggest cost rises

    High levels of home ownership in the Baltic nation mean rents are volatile to market changes and fuelled by expat workers

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  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    UK government spending
    One in 11 workers in England will be employed in NHS by 2036, IFS calculates

    Long-term workforce plan acknowledges virtual inevitability of big increases in health spending, study finds

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  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s inefficient and unfair property levies need reform

    Council tax, stamp duty and business rates stifle productivity and hold back the economy

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  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    Global Economy
    Will US jobs data bolster hopes of a soft landing?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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