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  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Federal Reserve stands firm on interest rates

    Central bank statement notes household spending is ‘moderate’ rather than ‘strong’

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Megan Greene
    Trade tensions are strangling American manufacturing

    Slowing industrial production could portend a wider economic contraction

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    Martin Wolf
    Donald Trump’s boom will prove to be hot air

    His policy of regressive Keynesianism shows the Republicans have given up on fiscal responsibility

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    Analysis
    The record-breaking US economic recovery in charts

    Longest expansion in modern American history is also the weakest

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    ExplainerFT Markets video4 min
    Charts That Count: It's the US Jobs Market, Stupid

    As US wages pick up, John Authers asks how a tight US labour market could affect the world

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special Report
    Revitalised Cities: Detroit

    Downtown Detroit is bursting into life after decades of decline, but will the recovery restart Motor City’s poorest areas? This report ranges from revitalising neighbourhoods and renovating a symbol of decline to an interview with one of the chief catalysts, entrepreneurship and urban farming

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    Detroit juggles gentrification and regeneration

    Buildings are springing up and people are moving in — but will existing residents be protected?

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    Dan Gilbert, the driving force who helped restart Detroit

    The Quicken Loans founder saw opportunity in a perfect storm

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    Ford uses Detroit station revamp to reinvent its future

    The carmaker is rebuilding a symbol of decline as a high-tech centre for ‘new mobility’

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  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    The drive to rebuild Detroit as ‘one city for all’

    Downtown is on the up but will deprived black neighbourhoods see the benefits?

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    Homegrown start-ups fuel Detroit’s revival

    From wine shops to tech, local entrepreneurs are stepping up - but many lack capital

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Special ReportRevitalised Cities: Detroit
    The urban farmers trying to put down roots in Detroit

    Farms grew up in gaps left by decline — but are they here to stay?

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Eric Thomas
    From ‘why I hate Detroit’ to ‘why I stayed’

    Eric Thomas’s 2016 blog went viral. What does he think about his changing city now?

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Edward Luce
    Detroit’s challenge to America’s Sunbelt

    Regeneration and geography offer a combination the south does not

  • Sunday, 9 September, 2018
    Rana Foroohar
    Why the US Fed should care about finance

    A fresh approach to monetary policy should look at markets for signs of overheating

  • Friday, 24 August, 2018
    Global Economy
    Fed’s Powell sees few signs of US economy overheating

    Central bank chair defends raising rates against critics including Donald Trump

  • Friday, 27 July, 2018
    The Long ViewJohn Authers
    Sugar rush from Trump’s tax cuts aids fast growth

    US records emphatic victory over sluggish economy with 4.1% expansion

  • Sunday, 6 May, 2018
    Lawrence Summers
    The threat of secular stagnation has not gone away

    The economy is prone to sluggish growth — if the past few years are anything to go by

  • Wednesday, 11 April, 2018
    Free LunchSam Fleming
    America's fragile economic boom

    Budget watchdog’s verdict suggests reforms are failing to transform longer-term outlook

  • Sunday, 4 February, 2018
    Lawrence Summers
    Powell’s challenge at the Fed

    He must work out how to achieve growth that is adequate and financially sustainable

  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2018
    US economy
    Trump struggles to take political advantage of economy

    Republicans prepare for November polls with buoyant growth but unpopular president

  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
    The ExchangeDambisa Moyo
    America’s unique selling points are at risk

    Entrepreneurship, educational institutions and capital markets all face challenges

  • Sunday, 10 December, 2017
    Lawrence Summers
    US economy faces a comedown from a sugar high

    Signs of strength are largely unrelated to government policy

  • Monday, 4 December, 2017
    Larry Summers' blogLawrence Summers
    Thousands will die as a consequence of this new tax bill
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
    Global Economy
    Fed signals near-term rate rise at latest meeting

    Many policymakers conclude increase needed if economy stays on track

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