The onset of the Trump era forced economists to confront their doubts about their usefulness to the public. They shared this ordeal with political forecasters, Democrats, logicians and journalists. Maybe we all deserved the…
US and European authorities eased enforcement of new derivatives rules on Thursday less than a week before the standards come into…
Selling pressure on French bonds ebbed on Thursday, pushing the yield on the 10-year bond back below 1 per cent, as…
“What’s up with the dollar?” has been the recurring question for investors lately as the reserve currency has slipped from a…
For footloose international money, the safest place to hide in the European financial system may be two-year German debt. The government…
Stainless steel is regaining its shine. After falling victim like many other basic industries to the global commodities downturn, companies that…
Thursday 05:25 GMT Overview Asian stocks fell, following their US counterparts lower as investors digested the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s…
Goldman Sachs, the last bank on Wall Street to handle significant physical volumes of oil and gas, has pushed back against…
When Ford borrowed a €750m bond in euros at the start of the year, the US carmaker was following a path…
French small-cap investors are showing little sign of nerves ahead of this spring’s presidential election, setting a strong pace since the…
Wednesday 12:45 GMT Overview US equity futures suggest Wall Street will dip from record levels that were reached amid a positive…
This is a difficult time for democracy, and autocratic leaders are on the rise. I refer, of course, to shareholder democracy…
Rising angst over the outcome of France’s presidential election sent the premium investors are demanding to own French debt instead of…
The International Monetary Fund’s description of Greek debt as potentially explosive has left negotiators in Brussels struggling to bridge the differences…
European markets regulators are examining a potential loophole in share-trading rules, which they fear promotes lightly regulated, private networks rather than…
At least 180 Chinese listed companies will be forced to cancel or scale back planned rights offerings worth $97bn in response…
Tuesday 08:45 GMT Overview European stocks are easing back after a mixed Asia session as Wall Street looks to re-enter the…
Success for banks selling large blocks of stock in the European market this year points to a supportive environment for new…
With US stocks in record territory and the S&P 500 index the most richly valued in more than a decade, some…
Pre-results jitters put Pearson among Monday’s sharpest fallers. Ahead of its full-year figures due Friday, Pearson faded 3.9 per cent to…
As the world’s oil traders descend on London this week, the hot subject will be how to keep North Sea Brent,…
Here we go again. The premium investors are demanding to hold French over German 10-year debt has hit a fresh post-eurozone…
Monday 04:30 GMT Overview Stock markets across Asia were mostly higher though currencies struggled to make much headway in a subdued…
Here are the questions the FT Markets team will be pondering this week: What do retail flows mean? Money flows are…
Emerging market equity funds attracted the most money from investors in six months, as resilience in commodity prices and signs of…
Has the long-awaited consumer crunch finally arrived? A 0.2 per cent fall in the UK’s monthly retail sales at the start…
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Donald Trump has been consistent in his first month in office. As he reminded us at his press conference on Thursday,…
