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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Capital markets
      Global stocks record best month in three years on rate cut hopes

      MSCI All-Country World index gains 9% in November as investors rush into risky assets

      Traders at the New York Stock Exchange
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      UK tax
      Labour rules out scrapping inheritance tax relief for farmland

      Plans welcomed by landowners but could constrain party’s fiscal headroom if it wins power next year

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      Fed not ready to start talking about rate cuts

      Policymakers are wary of calling time on tightening campaign prematurely even as data suggests work may be nearly done

      Jay Powell, Fed chair
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      LexUS equities
      US stocks: pandemic-era debt binge boosts corporate profits Premium content

      Aggregate figures mask a coming reckoning

      Traders at the New York Stock Exchange
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Unhedged
      Consensus calls for cuts, confidently Premium content

      And against the liquidity theory

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Huawei surprised the US with a cutting-edge chip made in China

      The inside story of how the country’s flagship tech company kept its edge in the semiconductor war despite sanctions

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Biden’s climate law triggers global shifts in cleantech supply chain

      Trading partners struggle to compete with potential $1tn of spending

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      The fading era of hyperglobalisation is a study in success

      Worldwide integration of markets should not be pursued at all costs but should be a means to an end

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Automobiles
      Emboldened US union launches membership drive across 13 carmakers

      Tesla, Toyota and Volkswagen among companies targeted after UAW wins concessions at Detroit’s Big Three

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      US banks
      Why are US banks hoarding liquidity?

      Bank reserves should in theory be declining with QT, but they’re not

    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      OECD pushes back against expectations of interest rate cuts

      Also in this newsletter: safe graveyards, bonus caps, burner phones in Hong Kong

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      US bonds on track for best month in nearly 40 years

      Sharp rally is driven by growing expectations of US interest rate cuts in 2024

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal Economy
      Inflation falls mask bumps on the ‘last mile’ for central banks

      As economies enter disinflation, a stand-off over rates has emerged between markets and monetary policymakers

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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Unhedged podcast18 min listen
      Have rates peaked?

      The market seems to be telling us that rates have peaked. Have they?

    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      US interest rates
      Dollar hits 3-month low after Fed official signals rates may start to fall

      Investors betting central bank likely to cut borrowing costs by May next year

      Christopher Waller
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      We’ve got a data-quality problem

      And US economic data is especially important for monetary policy right now

    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Unhedged
      Liquidity and the rally Premium content

      Peak rates aren’t everything

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    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Peak-rates euphoria Premium content

      Once again, optimism is everywhere

    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      Markets
      Is eurozone inflation still falling?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      US Dollar
      Investors dump dollar in bet that US rates have peaked

      Asset managers sell greenback at fastest pace in a year as market prices in more rate cuts next year

      Dollar bills
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Biden needs a ‘Goldilocks’ answer to electric vehicle subsidy question Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, IEA urges oil and gas companies to pay up for the energy transition

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthUS retail
      Inflation puts US Black Friday crowds in a bargain-hunting mood

      Fatigue at higher prices is expected to push more shoppers to chase early holiday season discounts

      Black Friday signs at a Target store ahead in the US state of Georgia
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Trump would gut Biden’s landmark IRA climate law if elected

      Former president plans to scrap clean energy rules and expand drilling to boost fossil fuels, say advisers

      Donald Trump
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      Volkswagen becomes latest non-union carmaker to raise US pay

      German carmaker’s 11% increase follows moves by Nissan, Hyundai, Honda and Toyota to lift workers’ wages

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      LexSujeet Indap
      The Lex Newsletter: wealthy Americans want more than a pinch of ‘Salt’ Premium content

      Repealing Trump-era cap on federal tax deduction would benefit only a small number of taxpayers

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