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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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