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    Author of Disrupted Times. Formerly global health writer, editor on FT world and UK desks and FT.com US editor in New York.

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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      China’s return to work raises hopes for global growth

      Also in this newsletter: German economy shrinks unexpectedly, big week for central banks and the EU’s ‘Qatargate’ scandal

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Jeremy Hunt’s big vision fails to lift spirits of UK business

      Also in this newsletter: US consumer spending falls, suitors for Britishvolt, boost for emerging markets

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Is the airline industry bouncing back?

      Also in this newsletter: US tries to lure green energy companies, shipping alliance in the breaker’s yard, concerns over ‘generative’ AI

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Economists and consumers join in eurozone optimism

      Also in this newsletter: UK government hit by ethics rows, Brazil and Argentina discuss common currency, Spotify announces job cuts

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      ‘Don’t get carried away’, say global policymakers

      Also in this edition: Google cuts 12,000 jobs, Deutsche slashes investment banker bonuses, financing nuclear power

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Optimism grows on world economy but business remains wary

      Also in this newsletter: Bank of Japan defies markets, Apple’s relationship with China and the world’s most prolific ransomware group

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      UK retailers buoyant despite cost of living crisis

      Also in today’s newsletter: China relaxes tech crackdown, aviation sector set to soar and Asia’s new era of mass loneliness

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Wall Street issues note of caution after Fed windfalls

      Also in this edition: Some welcome news on the UK economy, China takes tech golden shares, quantum computing hype

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Green with envy: debate heats up over US subsidies

      Also in this edition: UK strikes escalate, Goldman’s job and spending cuts, Brazil on alert for more protests

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      World awaits return of Chinese tourists

      Also in this edition: eurozone unemployment falls to new low, uproar in Brazil and Rolls-Royce hits sales record

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Interest rate rises help slow US jobs growth

      Also in this edition: eurozone inflation back in single digits and the FT economics editor has reasons to be cheerful for 2023

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Europe provides glimmer of optimism amid global gloom

      Also in this edition: Sunak attempts a reboot, Hollywood braces for ‘year of turmoil’ and the City’s new working week

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Invasion, inflation and stagnation: 2022 in review

      This edition includes Zelenskyy in Washington, Bank of Japan surprises markets and Trump forced to release tax returns

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      China battles against rising Covid infections as controls are lifted

      This edition includes more chaos at Twitter, the EU’s new gas price cap and UK braces itself for further strikes

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Central bankers damp down hopes of Santa rally

      Beijing hit by wave of Covid deaths, more economic gloom for the UK and the first net zero transatlantic flight

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      US fires new salvo in chip war

      In today’s newsletter: UK inflation slows, Russia’s wrecked economy and the ‘biggest financial fraud in US history’

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      FirstFT
      FirstFT: Bankman-Fried arrested

      This edition includes China hitting back on chips and Twitter disbanding safety council

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Economic and political woes pile up for UK

      In today’s newsletter: Microsoft buys stake in London Stock Exchange, European parliament corruption scandal and US ‘banking deserts’

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      US producer prices temper optimism over slowing inflation

      This edition also features financial services reform in the UK, crisis in Peru, and why oil prices are falling

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      China shifts from zero-Covid towards reopening

      Today’s edition also includes the rising cost of Christmas dinner and 1mn extra years of history

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      West tightens screw on Russia over energy

      Today’s edition includes reaction to China’s relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, a new UK recession warning and battles over executive pay

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Fall in eurozone inflation fuels growing optimism

      Today’s edition also looks at the drop in global wages, Brexit’s economic impact and the surprise hub of Europe’s new battery industry

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Decision time for Xi Jinping over Covid protests in China

      Call for pause on international tax plan, crypto crisis latest and EU wrangles over Russian oil price cap

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Disrupted Times
      Black Friday kicks off crucial shopping period for retailers

      Plus, EU ministers try to head off trade war with US and UK limits use of Chinese surveillance systems

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      FirstFT
      FirstFT: Most Fed officials back slower rate rises ‘soon’

      Plus, Twitter disbands Brussels office and how magical thinking enabled FTX’s rise — and fall

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