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    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
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      Seeking FT readers prepared to chat about how rising inflation is affecting their lives

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      United Arab Emirates
      Dubai’s workers struggle with cost of living crisis

      Rare and illegal strike by Talabat food delivery drivers comes as oil and food prices rocket

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      Lex
      Remittances: sanction woes will ripple beyond Russia Premium content

      Spiralling inflation and the possibility of rising interest rates could put brakes on US economic recovery

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      Americas economy
      Record remittances boost Central America’s pandemic recovery

      Money sent back by foreign workers helps to prop up economies coping with high unemployment and inflation

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
      Somalilanders’ remittance businesses thrive worldwide

      Cultural connections and digital channels underpin growth of money transfer services led by ethnic Somalis

    • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
      Global InsightDelphine Strauss
      Resilience of remittances proves a lifeline for developing economies

      Workers sending cash home has helped ease blow of pandemic despite drop-off in migration

    • Sunday, 9 May, 2021
      News in-depthRussian economy
      Russia hit by fall in migrant workers from central Asia

      Construction and agriculture worst affected as Covid border closures and Moscow’s harsh rhetoric deter foreign labour

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
      Lex
      Remittances/demographics: an expensive exodus Premium content

      Lower hard-currency income dents national balance sheets and there are human costs too

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexican migrants send more money home to help virus-hit economy

      Remittances have increased since start of pandemic, helped by US welfare

    • Sunday, 2 August, 2020
      News in-depthIndia
      India’s star state Kerala hit as virus forces return of Gulf workers

      Pandemic exposes weaknesses of an economy that relies on family members sending money back home

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Tens of millions of migrant workers face job losses and poverty

      Economic impact of virus triggers homecoming flood but many left stranded, ILO warns

    • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
      Remittance flows expected to plunge more than $100bn

      Coronavirus hit to global economy depletes vital source of finance for poor nations

    • Sunday, 29 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Migrant workers count the cost of coronavirus

      Remittances flows around the world are set to shrink, damaging recipient economies

    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      A radical plan to slash cross-border payment costs... with subscription fees

      All served up with a sprinkling of magical blockchain dust, naturally.

    • Monday, 2 September, 2019
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Record high remittances are not without risks

      Better use of funds could prevent a low growth, high emigration trap

    • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Remittances: the hidden engine of globalisation

      With 270m migrants around the world, the money they send home now exceeds foreign direct investment

    • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails4 min
      Video: Hong Kong's remittance market set for mobile transformation

      Workers spend $25m a year sending money home

    • Monday, 26 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Ukraine’s workers abroad fuel property boom back home

      European labour shortages lure young people in search of higher wages

    • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Mountain to climb for Nepal as migrants return

      Remittances are vital for Himalayan nation’s economy but local industry has lagged behind

    • Monday, 19 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Expatriate workers’ remittances targeted as source of finance

      Migrants’ money channelled into diaspora bonds and infrastructure investment

    • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
      FT Series
      Cash Trails

      Remittances have overtaken FDI as the largest flow of capital into emerging economies

    • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Overseas earnings trigger Trump tussle with Central America

      White House threatens to use remittances from US as leverage in migration dispute

    • Monday, 12 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Workers abroad offer lifeline for Zimbabwe’s economy

      Remittances of cash, food and goods comprise nearly 10 per cent of GDP

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