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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

What FT commentators think of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair
The implications of Trump's choice for markets and economies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

Kevin Warsh will pivot Fed to conviction economics
Trump's choice of chair will shift from Powell's data-dependent approach to policy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

How not to short gold
Few investors want to it seems, but those who do need to be careful

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

Should I hire someone with designs on my job?
Managing an ambitious subordinate remains one of the great dilemmas of working life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

Meta, Microsoft and the tyranny of small differences
Plus, Jay Powell and dollar hedging

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

Europe needs to put its money where its mouth is
Tussles over what to put on euro banknotes are symbolic of deeper dysfunction

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

Help make the world financially literate
The FT's campaign has reached thousands of schools and with your help can reach many more

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

The meaning of Xi's military purge
Relations between Chinese Communist leaders and the army have always been fraught

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 30, 2026

The trees to plant now for a hot, dry future
Digital mapping reveals that birch and beech will struggle while hornbeam and oak are good bets to withstand the warming climate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

A rescue mission for the rules-based order
Europe needs to play a lead role in efforts to de-risk from Trump's America

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Lloyds and Deutsche show the good times can continue for Europe's banks
Combination of volume growth and higher margins should lift net interest income for almost every bank in sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Want to solve deepfakes? Ask citizens what to do
Assemblies can bridge the gap between people being treated as voters and consumers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Don't bet on dollar dethronement
If you want to see how entrenched the US currency is in the global system, look at the foreign exchange swap market

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

It's time we had a proper debate about funding university education
Changes to student loans have, in effect, privatised undergraduate teaching in England

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The prisoner of Downing Street
The smell of death is descending on a directionless government

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Tesla lurches into the Musk robotics era
Future of the company lies in equipping and running a global fleet of driverless taxis and in selling humanoid robots

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The ‘Little West' takes on the new world order
Terrified into co-operation by outside threats, a surprisingly solid bloc is emerging

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The left-behind economy and what to do about it
New insights into regional inequality

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The Fed is done cutting until something changes
Plus, the falling dollar

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The UK needs to press ahead with digital gilts plan
The move could be the catalyst that brings tokenised money more into the financial mainstream

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

The abandonment of Labour's moral crusade
The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Takaichi's great election gamble
Japan's first female prime minister is pulling out all the stops in presenting herself as a force for real change

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Recall of baby food challenges a sector where safety comes at a premium
Besides the potential harm to infants, contamination fears pose a formidable risk to the companies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

Do markets make us moral?
New research describes how commerce shaped our culture

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 29, 2026

George Sand was as maverick in the garden as she was in her novels
On the 150th anniversary of the French novelist's death, a visit to her house and garden unveils an ecological vision well ahead of her time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Tesla's Japan victory is more retail than revolution
Company changes tack and sells 10,600 cars — double the number it sold the previous year in the country

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

How Singapore Inc became a safe place for investors
The city-state's stocks have had their best year in a decade on bets they are a relative haven amid geopolitical turmoil

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Meta and its peers are everything, everywhere, all of the time
Six big tech titans make up over 40% of the S&P 500 by market capitalisation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

America's shift to an insider economy
Access to presidential favour has become a key to business success

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The case for luxury's recovery is still in one piece
Key buyers appear to be returning, albeit gradually, while margins have improved

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The precious metal feeding frenzy
Gold and silver are on a tear but buyer beware?.?.?.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Protecting children from social media is not moral panic
The dangers of addictive platforms are more comparable to smoking than rock music

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

What's the cost to Mark Carney of defying The Donald?
It is not foolish to show the US president that Canada has options

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Why Taco is a problem for Europe
The continent needs a sense of crisis in order to change, and Donald Trump keeps it just short of that

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

What should I do with income from a share sale?
I'm worried about how much tax I will have to pay

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Rick Rieder is a massive dove
Plus, more on gold

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Tech Exchange
This series features conversations between FT journalists and the technology industry's leaders, innovators, and thinkers. In the latest instalment, FJDynamics's James Wu explains why he is building robots for ‘forgotten' sectors, such as agriculture

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Raising the state pension age: will more Britons work until they drop?
Overall longevity continues to rise, compounding pressure on stretched government finances

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The comeback of European and UK growth stocks
The tide is turning against value shares as government bond yields decline

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The comeback of European growth stocks
The tide is turning against value shares as government bond yields decline

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Can smart pills make us healthier?
Digital drugs that report when we've taken our medication are not without their trade-offs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

Vibecoding isn't going to kill business software services
SaaS companies have an opportunity to use AI to make a more intelligent software

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The reality of a world after rupture
Europe has a key role to play in building a successor to the US-led global order

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 28, 2026

The end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine)
There's a curious gap between our personal optimism and our gloominess about others

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Intervention will not reverse yen weakness
Loose fiscal policy no longer makes sense now that Japan has escaped deflation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

CVC deal brings American-style alternative investing to Europe
After going public in 2024, the European buyout powerhouse needs growth to lure mutual fund investors into its stock

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Criminal justice reforms will undermine trust in the system
Scrapping jury trials fails to address the overwhelming pile-up of court cases

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

What to do when no relationship is special
European countries can do more in the Arctic than just periodically standing up to US bullying

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Hargreaves Lansdown's price cut fuels retail investing race to the bottom
Move by platform plus growth of cheap apps and regulatory changes will push entire sector to up its game

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Trying to change our minds about gold
It's not easy to rationalise the rally

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Europe is finally waking up to the Trump threat
Across the political spectrum, politicians are uniting in the face of an ally's betrayal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Carney, Trump and the power of a good speech
Leaders don't need to write every word themselves, but they do need to make sure it clearly represents their vision

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Next's coming challenge is life after Simon Wolfson
The UK clothing and furniture chain keeps outperforming rivals but its veteran chief executive must one day leave

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

UK sofa retailer emerges as unlikely winner from Trump's trade war
London-listed DFS appears to be benefiting from US-China trade tensions and the rerouting of goods into Europe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

The EU's capital market strategy must support innovation
Rather than pursuing grand institutional designs, pragmatic steps are needed to unlock capital to boost growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 27, 2026

Trade war pays an unlikely dividend for some UK retailers
Sofa specialist DFS appears to be benefiting from US-China trade tensions and the rerouting of goods into Europe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Ryanair is the rare airline that can afford to stay cheap
While most carriers are moving upmarket, Michael O'Leary is burnishing his penny-pinching credentials

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Labour's destructive infighting
Starmer's move to block a rival will not avoid months of internal plotting

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

ICE and America's flailing autocrat
Easily discredited propaganda is undermining Trump's assault on the constitution

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

How China pulled off a great tech reversal
Beijing has long pursued an industrial strategy aimed at acquiring global technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Stubb and Støre: Why the Arctic is important for allied security
We must build on 20 years of co-operation in the North, and respect each other's borders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Trump and Rutte cannot make a deal without Greenland at the table
We are not rejecting co-operation — we are rejecting being spoken for

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

In Ukraine, it's all about the land
Trilateral peace talks seem promising, but territory remains a major obstacle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Millennials are cringe and proud
Why not celebrate earnest, nostalgic joy in this increasingly lonely and divided world?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Wetherspoons on wrong side of a two-track UK economy
Pub equivalent of piling high and selling cheap leaves little cushioning when costs rise

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Why people still matter in the AI era
As population decline accelerates, the big risk is labour shortages, not mass unemployment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions
The US president has an uncanny ability to spot the faultlines in the old order and manipulate them to his advantage

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

The truth behind Trump's pro-consumer rhetoric
As the US midterm elections approach, expect the financial interests of voters to loom ever larger in the president's agenda

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

Doing good in retirement requires more than just turning up
For ex-bankers, motivations for getting involved in charity work are always complicated. So is the value they bring

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 26, 2026

AI productivity is about to become visible and investable
Stock market's biggest winners may come from unexpected places

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

Market inefficiency reconsidered
Plus, a labour market and immigration follow-up

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

How to get our kids to read books
Young readers are switching off — it's time to change the subject

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

How one year of ‘America First' left workers behind
The Trump administration's rhetoric on blue-collar jobs has not matched reality

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

The uses and abuses of prediction markets
Insider bets, low liquidity and regulatory gaps complicate efforts to turn wagers into financial tools

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

Beckhams' billion-dollar brands can withstand their family feud
Whether public rift will affect family's interests depends on how it develops, but not all mudslinging is bad for business

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

Middle powers may miss the global order more than they think
Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 25, 2026

The hard truth about AI at work? It won't tell you
Automated office companions cut out the mess of human interaction, but convenience isn't everything

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Chart of the Week: The zero-sum labour market trap
Trump's immigration crackdown has not helped native-born employment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Banning under-16s won't fix social media
The toxic ecosystem we have today can be better addressed with competition than regulation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Starmer's dilemma: America or Europe?
Trump has laid waste to the Atlantic alliance — the Greenland crisis shows what needs to be done

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

The Beckham family feud is bending our minds
Anyone who thinks they know where blame lies in a family is deluded — doubly so with a dynasty

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

A liberal in illiberal times
Reflections on a decade that was less traumatic than it promised to be

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Zurich's £8bn bid for insurer Beazley produces some spurious claims
Chief Greco says prior offers were rebuffed and shareholders should now have a say

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

US banks need to cut their credit card rates
There are better alternatives to the Trump-Warren plan to cap interest costs for one year

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Who are the teachers shaping our lives?
Lessons on a shared sense of humanity abound in the everyday

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

The pub that refused to die — Jay Rayner reviews The Highland Laddie in Leeds
This old boozer, ringed by newbuilds, exceeds all expectations — and it's got a mustard menu

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

A difficult year for Burgundy
A first taste of the ‘nightmare' 2024 growing season

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Remember those innocent days of 2016?
There was once a time when we posted anything, anytime, with no real consideration of the consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 24, 2026

Mamdani's rent freeze is not the fairytale in New York he hopes for
Thanks to historic rent stabilisation, many city tenants have remained in the same flat for decades with minimal increases. But other forces are driving rents up

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

The Taco trade has eaten itself
Tracking the Donald Trump show has become pointless for investors in the short term

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Why credit card upstart Brex is selling out to Big Plastic
Despite its depressed valuation, the fintech's longtime backers were probably keen to cash out

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

The dystopian world of Donald Trump
He pulled back on Greenland, but a rupture of the old order is under way

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Concerns over the new Chinese embassy are overwrought
Buildings don't spy, bully, or interfere — people do

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Do I still have to give up my seat on trains?
A commuter's kind offer was evidence I have entered a new life category

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Québec's green energy drive means more fossil fuels in New York
Once an electricity exporter, the province's decarbonisation effort now depends on US-generated power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

The Japanese yield panic
And the signal from staples

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Do your retirement goals suffer from money illusion? Mine did
Focusing on the number doesn't take inflation into account

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jan 23, 2026

Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present

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