Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China last year registered the lowest number of births since records began, marking the fourth consecutive year of population decline as policymakers grapple with a demographic crisis. On Monday, the government reported that 7.92mn babies … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s GDP grew 5 per cent last year despite US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, as booming exports offset more anaemic growth in the domestic economy. The full-year figure, which was in line with Beijing’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Hohn beat rivals including Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium to make $18.9bn for investors last year, the largest annual gain recorded by a hedge fund. Chris Hohn’s fund … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Monday will argue the City of London is entering a “new golden age” thanks to changes in tax and regulation that smooth the path for companies to raise money in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Treasury is to tell UK government departments to co-operate better to cut wasteful spending in areas ranging from NHS treatment to buildings maintenance. James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, will begin a series … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Another Conservative shadow minister has jumped ship to Reform UK, adding momentum to Nigel Farage’s populist right-wing party and posing a fresh headache for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. Andrew Rosindell, who was shadow minister for … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Department of Justice is investigating Democratic officials in Minnesota but not the immigration officer who shot dead a woman in Minneapolis this month, deputy attorney-general Todd Blanche confirmed on Sunday. In an … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world EU capitals are considering hitting the US with €93bn worth of tariffs or restricting American companies from the bloc’s market in response to Donald Trump’s threats to Nato allies opposed to his campaign … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said that Europe was too weak to guarantee Greenland’s security, as the US refused to back down on its demand to take control of the strategically important island. … Read more
In vowing to impose punishing tariffs on allies who oppose his ambition to acquire Greenland, Donald Trump has dealt European leaders a brutal lesson: their painstaking efforts to appease the US president and protect the transatlantic relationship have failed. Since Trump returned to power, EU and Nato capitals have bent over backwards to find compromises, swallowing … Read more