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    Colby Smith

    US Economics Editor

    Colby Smith is US economics editor. She previously covered US rates, FX and Latin America for the FT's markets team in New York. She has also written for Alphaville. Prior to the FT, she worked at the Economist and Bloomberg.
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    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US lawmakers pass short-term deal to avoid government shutdown

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Eurozone inflation hits 2-year low as US price pressures ease

      Data helps steady bond markets and signals prospect of end to interest rate rises on both sides of Atlantic

      People shop for cheap clothes in Germany
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      Tech IPOs lose their shimmer

      European bond market hit by Italy’s budget deficit projections

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Fed weighed removing SVB CEO from supervisor’s board before collapse

      Inspector-general says officials ‘should have acted earlier’ to address ‘identified weaknesses’ at now-failed lender

      Greg Becker
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      US economy
      Rising headwinds threaten US economy’s resilience

      Risk of government shutdown adds to concerns that American consumer is about to crack

      Capitol Hill
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Global Economy
      A ‘milestone’ moment: why economists think the global cycle of rate rises is over

      The world economy is showing signs of a slowdown, fuelling investors’ hopes that inflationary pressures are easing

      The ECB’s Christine Lagarde, Jay Powell of the Fed and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
    • 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

      Montage of Jay Powell and Federal Reserve logo
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed signals fresh rate rise this year and fewer cuts in 2024

      Two-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2006 after hawkish projections from US central bank

      The Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed set to hold rates but leave tightening in play

      Expected policy pause would come amid mixed signals on economy

      Jay Powell speaking during a news conference in July
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Economists expect Fed to defy investors with more interest rate rises

      FT-Booth survey finds majority of economists think central bank has more work to do to lower inflation

      Exterior of Federal Reserve in Washington
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Automobiles
      Tensions rise over US carmaker strike as Ford lays off 600 workers

      Joe Biden sends top aides to mediate as GM boss hits out at union’s rejection of ‘historic’ offer

      UAW members rally in Detroit in support of striking autoworkers
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Automobiles
      US car workers launch strike against big three Detroit automakers

      Union action against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis is first in almost a century

      Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      US inflation
      Resurgent US consumer prices point to ‘choppy’ path for inflation

      August uptick leaves economists asking if earlier signs of cooling demand were just a blip

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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      CEO exit throws wrench into BP

      US inflation rises in August as petrol prices jump

    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      US financial regulation
      Dimon warns investors over bank stocks if US capital rules enacted

      JPMorgan chief ‘wouldn’t be a big buyer’ as industry fights Fed’s Basel III implementation

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
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      Saudi Arabia’s push for $100 oil poses new problem for Biden

      Rising energy prices come as US president puts economic record at heart of re-election bid

      Joe Biden, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Federal Reserve officials back rate rise pause in September

      Hawkish Dallas president says another skip ‘would be appropriate’ as US inflation cools

      The Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Top Fed official signals interest rates to stay on hold

      Christopher Waller says recent economic data does not necessitate ‘imminent’ policy tightening

      Christopher Waller
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Global inflation
      Europe grapples with higher inflation than the US

      After-effects of surge in European energy prices have kept inflation higher than in the US

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      US economy
      Cooling US economy gives Fed breathing room on interest rates

      Jobs and price data suggest central bank’s quest to tame inflation is working, economists say

      ‘For sale’ and ‘help wanted’ signs hang in a US shop window
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      US employment
      US jobs data raises hope of Goldilocks scenario as economy cools

      Expectations grow that Fed will halt interest rate rises as unemployment hits 3.8% and wage increases slow

      Workers build at a housing construction site in Washington, DC
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Fed warned Goldman Sachs over risk and compliance oversight at fintech unit

      US bank stops taking on riskier clients, according to people with knowledge of the warning

      A view of the Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      US employment
      US job openings fall to lowest level in over 2 years

      Sign that labour market is cooling could allow Fed to forgo more rate rises this year

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    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Employment
      American mothers re-enter the workforce at high rates

      Pandemic labour shortage pushed employers to embrace policies that have drawn women back

      Alice Lewis
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      In search of a new economic playbook

      Chinese corporate earnings reports this week are forecast to log poor performance

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