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  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    US economy
    Biden signals willingness to compromise on $1.9tn stimulus

    President says he is open to lowering income threshold for $1,400 government cheques

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    The revolving door Premium

    There is concern among progressives that a Biden administration could end up being a repeat of the Obama years

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Why Joe Biden must go big Premium

    The whole US — and the world — needs a New Deal-style programme from the new president

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    Covid recovery will stem from digital business

    The pandemic has changed the nature of US business and the economy

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    US economy
    Economists warn of US ‘wasteland’ without stimulus deal

    Hopes fade for $1tn or more in government aid for workers, businesses and local governments

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    US politics & policy
    White House and Republicans at odds over business virus liability

    US stimulus deal remains elusive with health lawsuit concerns proving a big stumbling block

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    Oil & Gas industry
    US energy industry loses jobs while other sectors gain

    Political swing states hardest hit as oil and gas employment continues to fall

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Powell warns of ‘significant uncertainty’ over US recovery

    Fed chair strikes cautious tone in testimony to Congress despite signs of rebound

  • Monday, 1 June, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    A revival stalled: coronavirus in America’s rust-belt

    The unemployment rate has soared in cities such as Detroit, which now face intensifying protests against police brutality

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2020
    US economy
    Unemployment in US hits postwar high of 14.7%

    More than 20m lose their jobs in April as lockdowns choke world’s largest economy

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
    LexUK economic growth
    Economic recovery: no favours from savers Premium

    British and American consumers are unlikely to ‘spend, spend, spend’ after the lockdowns

  • 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
    News in-depth
    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
    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
    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’

  • 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
    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

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