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  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    EU-China relations
    EU trade chief warns of ‘new areas of concern’ in China relationship

    Valdis Dombrovskis demands greater access for European companies in Financial Times interview

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Currencies
    US dollar hits six-month high as markets accept new interest rate regime

    Stocks and bonds weaken after Federal Reserve signals rate cuts will take place only gradually

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Disrupted Times
    Central banks come close to calling time on tightening

    Also in this newsletter: gloomy PMI surveys in UK and eurozone, climate change threat to the pint, science round-up

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone economic downturn looms as business orders fall

    Euro hits six-month low and investors bet against more interest rate rises after release of PMIs

    A worker on an assembly line in France
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    US-China relations
    US and China to launch economy and finance working groups to stabilise ties

    Move to increase engagement follows Treasury secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing in July

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Gideon Rachman
    Populism could derail the green transition

    Western politicians are scared of a backlash against climate change policies that have been sold as good for the economy

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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    FirstFT: Rupert Murdoch marks end of an era and hands over reins to son Lachlan

    Also in today’s newsletter, damning report on F-35 military jets and why bosses don’t like homeworking

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

    August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    EU-China relations
    EU trade commissioner to seek relief from export barriers during China visit

    Valdis Dombrovskis will face resistance over EV anti-subsidy probe as he pushes to rebalance €400bn deficit

    EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Are we destined for a zero-sum future?

    A backdrop of slower economic growth may be shaping attitudes of tomorrow that cut across political divides

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Mohamed El-Erian
    The plight of the ‘permacrisis’ and what to do about it

    The complexity of central banks’ ‘last mile’ on inflation is part of a bigger economic challenge

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence rises to highest level since January 2022

    Second consecutive monthly increase supported by strong wage growth and easing inflation

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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    Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%

    Pound falls to six-month low after decision signals possible peak in borrowing costs

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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    Interest rates as it happened: UK and Switzerland surprise investors

    Policy rate kept at 5.25 per cent as evidence grows of slowing inflation

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Eurozone inflation
    Bundesbank warns eurozone must avoid entrenched inflation ‘at all costs’

    Joachim Nagel’s hawkish comments contrast with investor expectations of an end to rate rises 

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Trade disputes
    Slovakia to drop ban on Ukrainian grain imports

    Agreement follows Kyiv’s rift with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over unilateral import restrictions

    Ukrainian grain stored in train wagons on the Polish-Ukrainian border
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    John Thornhill
    Tech remains central in ‘hot peace’ between China and US

    Despite the shouty rhetoric, economic symbiosis remains strong, benefiting consumers on both sides

    Joe Biden meets Xi Jinping at a G20 Summit in Bali
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    EU-China relations
    EU envoy decries ‘highest deficit in history’ ahead of China trade talks

    Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis’ visit comes as Brussels opens anti-subsidy probe into electric vehicles

    BYD electric cars wait to be be loaded on to a container ship at Suzhou port in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Poland signals halt to Ukraine weapons transfers amid trade dispute

    Threat is latest salvo in spat that revolves around Warsaw’s refusal to accept Ukrainian grain imports

    Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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    The EU must confront its €300bn question

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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    Also in today’s newsletter, two-year Treasury yield hits 17-year high and what happened to the wealth tax?

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Unhedged
    Humble Jay gets it right Premium content

    Higher for longer is the right balance, for now

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    EU trade
    Brussels considers defending EU nations in Ukraine grain dispute

    Kyiv files WTO lawsuit against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia after they ban imports

    A wheat field in the Lisowice district of Torun, Poland
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Chris Miller
    What the most ‘Chinese’ smartphone yet tells us about politics

    The advances in domestic chipmaking suggest western controls will be far from watertight

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    News in-depthFederal Reserve
    Fed hardens commitment to ‘higher for longer’ interest rates

    New projections and remarks from chair Jay Powell signal no near-term relief from elevated borrowing costs

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