The Obama inauguration 
Barack Obama pledged that his administration would do “all we can to get exploding deficits under control as our economy begins to recover” in his weekly address to the nation
President Barack Obama signalled a decisive break with the Bush years, vowing a ‘new era of responsibility’ in which he would rebuild the economy and restore America’s standing in the world
For all the national adoration of its chosen one, what was also striking was how strongly Barack Obama’s message of collective responsibility had resonated with the crowd.
Standing on Capitol Hill surveying the almost endless sea of faces stretching out towards the Potomac River, Steven Spielberg, the filmmaker, admitted: ‘I couldn’t afford to do this shot in a movie’
Against the icy blue skies of America’s capital the speech struck a hard metallic note, writes Edward Luce
With a fresh team about to set the agenda in and around the White House, the FT identifies which Democrats – and others – will come to matter and what connects them
Barack Obama’s inaugural celebrations
One idea the new US president should propose is a high-level committee to recommend a radical restructuring of global institutions, writes Martin Wolf. This would aim to lower the risk of emerging market crises like those that preceded the bubbles in advanced countries
The accumulation of rules and institutions is what civilisation is built on. Agreed rules make states secure and people free, writes Javier Solana
Rather than make a Day One speech laying out your plans, say you will spend the early months listening and learning, writes Michael Skapinker
In many ways Obama’s inauguration is a new start not just for the US but for the world. America’s friends must also seize the moment
On Tuesday, when Barack Obama makes his inaugural address in Washington, he will doubtless once again blow his audience away. Yet while he has perfected the art of sounding marvellous, he inspires not because of what he says, but because of who he is, says Gideon Rachman
Barack Obama is the US president the world said it wanted. Making a success of his presidency will be as much its responsibility as his
A special audio roundtable for the start of Obama’s presidency
FT reporters analyse the potential effectiveness of the new White House team
What will be the stiffest tests facing Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US?
Larry Kantor, head of research at Barclays Capital, discusses what Barack Obama can do to fix the crisis and whether investors should just stay holding on to cash
Demetri Sevastopulo interviews residents and visitors to the Capitol who have come to witness President Barack Obama’s inauguration
