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  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Markets
    Where the next financial crisis could come from

    Private equity has become a group of self-dealing oligarchs, as I write my last regular column for the FT

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    Food security
    EU needs to make food security a priority for gas supplies

    Farmers, fertiliser manufacturers and fisheries must be supplied with gas and diesel to avoid production shortages

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    US Treasury bonds
    Stress emerges again in Treasuries market

    Unusual rise in failed trades in one week in April points to strains in the financial system

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Global Economy
    What the Treasury bill collateral crunch tells us about trust

    A persistent spread has opened up between two safe US government backed instruments

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    Natural gas
    There’s no quick fix for Europe’s energy dilemma

    Short-term increases in LNG exports from US will not solve the continent’s problems

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    Airlines
    Planes trapped in Russia highlight legal risks for leased aircraft

    An estimated $12bn to $15bn of assets are in limbo due to sanctions imposed since the Ukraine invasion

  • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
    Energy sector
    A future based on hydrogen fuel seems a way off

    Technical and labour issues mean there is no quick alternative to Russian natural gas

  • Saturday, 26 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine war disrupts global market for grains

    Black Sea port closures threaten food supplies around the world

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    Global Economy
    ‘The juncture’ looms for investors

    The likely cost of suppressing inflation is a reduction in Fed balance sheet accompanied by recession

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    Agricultural commodities
    Fertiliser and food: the next point of tension between EU and Moscow

    Worries in Europe rise over crop yields and dependency on Russia

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    Batteries
    Lithium price squeeze adds to cost of the energy transition

    Panic buying is driving up the cost of raw materials used to make batteries for electric vehicles and mobile devices

  • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
    Supply chains
    Supply chain delays prove more persistent than expected

    Omicron and sudden rise in US tariffs on Chinese truck chassis add to trade pressures

  • Saturday, 15 January, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Why Russia might appeal for dividend hunters

    Kremlin has a strong interest in companies maintaining big dividend payouts

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    Copper
    West needs to step up supply of copper for the energy transition

    The alternative may be buying electric vehicles from China

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden’s multiemployer pension plan rescue is turning into a political disaster

    Programme to provide money for bailouts will start a generational war between active workers and retirees

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    Russian business & finance
    US may draw the line at cutting off Russia from Swift

    Economic reprisals if the Kremlin invades Ukraine will not necessarily cover the world payments system

  • Saturday, 4 December, 2021
    US economy
    Flagging US consumer demand puts economy on track for slowdown

    Build-up of inventories likely to reverse as supply chain fears ease — with deep discounting to come

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    European companies
    European gas shortage will push up fertiliser costs and food prices

    Jump in costs alongside sanctions on Belarus coming into effect may well lead to lower crop yields

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    Central banks
    Central banks are stuck in a ‘hall of mirrors’

    Officials have been staring at the reflections of their own policies, relying too much on ‘canonical’ models

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico debt deal highlights the dilemma of pension liabilities

    Restructurings typically leave a greater burden to meet retirement costs on those still working

  • Saturday, 6 November, 2021
    Capital markets
    Pressure builds for a revamp of US Treasuries market

    Central bankers and regulators eye changes to prevent a seizing up of liquidity in crisis

  • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Texas showdown shows limits of seeking gun control through banks

    Republicans strike back at lenders that take action over weapons

  • Saturday, 16 October, 2021
    US economy
    Biden’s chance to make a stamp on the Fed

    An opportunity has opened up for the US president to install a powerful bloc of governors

  • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
    Shipping
    The worst of the supply chain crisis is over

    Data show that traffic through global ports is finally starting to ease as backlogs clear

  • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
    EU energy
    European gas market faces more strain after Western Sahara dispute flares

    Algeria plans to shut down pipeline that passes through Morocco to Spain

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