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Saturday, 11 January, 2025

Rachel Reeves
Reeves seeks to revive City of London links with China
Chancellor to promote closer ties between London and Shanghai stock exchanges while on Beijing trip
Friday, 10 January, 2025

UK economy
Labour intensifies push for growth to avoid ‘disastrous’ tax rises
Punishing week on bond markets ends with UK government borrowing costs significantly higher
Friday, 10 January, 2025

UK government spending
Whitehall braced for spending cuts after UK hit by bond market turmoil
Rising gilt yields mean government departments may face further squeeze
Thursday, 9 January, 2025

Sovereign bonds
Bond market ‘police’ are back as investors patrol spending plans
Debt market flare-ups show growing pushback against governments’ loose fiscal policies
Wednesday, 8 January, 2025

ExplainerGilts
Has the bond market turned against Rachel Reeves?
Rising UK borrowing costs raise risk that chancellor will have to impose tighter fiscal policy as soon as March
Wednesday, 8 January, 2025

Gilts
UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008
Treasury seeks to reassure markets as gilt sell-off threatens the government’s ability to meet its fiscal rules
Tuesday, 7 January, 2025

UK economy
UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998
Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules
Sunday, 5 January, 2025

UK business
UK businesses plan price increases as Budget drives up costs
Tax and wage rises have caused confidence to ‘slump’, warns British Chambers of Commerce
Friday, 3 January, 2025

News in-depthUK economy
Can the creative industries add stardust to UK’s stalling economy?
Ministers look to booming sector as wider growth loses momentum
Thursday, 2 January, 2025

US economy
Trump’s ‘Maganomics’ will hurt growth, economists tell FT polls
On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies
Thursday, 2 January, 2025

UK economy
Problems with UK economy data could be widespread, warns lawmaker
Meg Hillier highlights damaging consequences of under-investment in key forecasting systems
Friday, 20 December, 2024

News in-depthUK economy
Reeves heads into harsh 2025 as UK Budget damage reverberates
Chancellor plans set-piece new year speech to reboot growth ‘mission’ as invidious fiscal choices loom
Friday, 20 December, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
Why Microsoft needs nuclear energy
Big Tech’s AI data centres need a huge amount of power
Thursday, 19 December, 2024

Global inflation
Renewed inflation fears stalk central bankers as markets shudder
Policymakers say they will only cut rates slowly in 2025 as they struggle with ‘last mile’ of cooling price growth
Thursday, 19 December, 2024

UK interest rates
Bank of England keeps rates on hold as growth prospects dim
Central bank maintains benchmark at 4.75% and highlights risk of persistent inflation
Wednesday, 18 December, 2024

Gilts
UK borrowing costs climb as ‘stagflation’ fear stalks gilt market
Stubborn inflation and stalling growth have driven yields back to the highs reached after October’s Budget
Wednesday, 18 December, 2024

UK inflation
UK inflation rises to 2.6% in November
Figure cements expectations Bank of England will hold interest rates steady on Thursday
Monday, 16 December, 2024

UK economy
Higher business taxes take toll on UK economy as companies cut back hiring
Fall in private sector employment blamed on Reeves’ £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions
Monday, 16 December, 2024

UK public finances
Treasury rules out emergency Budget as Reeves sets March date for statement
Chancellor will speak alongside new OBR forecasts on March 26
Monday, 16 December, 2024

EU trade
EU presses for new powers to combat threat of Chinese import surge
Brussels increasingly concerned it would struggle to fight back in a global trade war
Friday, 13 December, 2024

ExplainerUK economy
Labour’s push for growth hit by latest fall in UK output
Weaker business and consumer confidence contribute to lacklustre economy
Tuesday, 10 December, 2024

UK financial regulation
MPs should quiz ‘finfluencers’, says Treasury select committee chair
Meg Hillier highlights concern over people turning to ‘some random on TikTok’ for financial guidance
Saturday, 7 December, 2024

Brexit
Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU
UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers
Thursday, 5 December, 2024

News in-depthUK politics
How reachable are Keir Starmer’s new policy ‘milestones’?
Targets aimed at showing voters that government is on track vary wildly in ambition, experts say
Wednesday, 4 December, 2024

UK politics
Starmer refuses to repeat Labour’s G7 growth pledge
Prime minister will set new target on Thursday, as he courts investment during Qatari visit to Britain