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We may not be living a rerun of the 1970s but the path ahead is not rosy
And consumption slows
Quantitative tightening has triggered a reserves flight from US commercial banks to money-market funds. Now what?
Plus oil and inflation
Move risks legal challenge at the World Trade Organization
The shift from Asia-Pacific economics to Indo-Pacific security is more than semantic
And readers reply on 60/40
Washington says sanctions send ‘powerful message’ to anyone backing Moscow’s Ukraine invasion
There is a danger of the classic ‘stop-go’ trap that haunted many western central banks in the 1970s and 1980s
Pledge to ease economic pressure and punish Moscow ‘very ambitious’, says German chancellor Olaf Scholz
And there are still too many durable goods
When inflation is accelerating, a currency depreciation is more likely to add a kicker to domestic price pressures
Intensive farming in America’s midwest has consequences for our health and the planet with falling returns to farmers
Upskilling programmes are helping companies recruit and retain staff in a tight jobs market
Modest interest rate rises by the Bank of England would simply reflect the severity of the economic slowdown
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Unionisation surge partly reflects a labour shortage that has increased collective bargaining power
UK surge in infection rates, US faces recession, give women their Wimbledon due
The combination of a bear market and an economic downturn has historically been ugly
And the US housing market gets worse
FTAV sits down with Credit Suisse’s money savant and man-of-the-moment, Zoltan Pozsar
Aggressive rate rises and European energy supply worries are leading to sharp downgrades
Fed governors Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller have indicated backing for more aggressive approach
Plus, more on bond yields and Italian debt
Politicians and central bankers took their eyes off price problems but running a high pressure economy is dangerous
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