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Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf selects her favorite stories in this weekly newspaper. Borge Brende, President and Chief Executive of the World Economic Forum, has announced …

U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the fourth quarter amid disruptions from last year’s government shutdown and a slowdown in consumer spending, but tax cuts and investments in …

After all the employee protests over the past few years – the “great resignation”, “quiet quitting”, “Minimal Mondays” and “coffee badging” – we have finally come to “embrace the job”. …

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf selects her favorite stories in this weekly newspaper. Sir Keir Starmer’s allies have warned Labor MPs that an attempt to topple …

The UK Business Secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he is “betting big” and “picking winners” as the government takes direct stakes in growing businesses to boost economic growth. Speaking at …

TeaT his week the IMF released an update to its World Economic Outlook, titled “Global economy: stable between different forces“And, seriously, what horrific world are they living in? This was …

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf selects her favorite stories in this weekly newspaper. Sir Keir Starmer and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves have tried to talk up …

Last month, as traders in central Tehran and the historic Grand Bazaar closed their shops in protest at high prices, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian underlined the depth of his dilemma …

Investors expect global stock markets to continue rising in 2026, despite fears of an AI bubble bursting and concerns about chaos at the US central bank. Wall Street strategists broadly …

TeaThat’s the American dictionary Merriam-Webster word of the year There was a “slope” to 2025, which he defines as “low quality digital content produced in quantity, usually through artificial intelligence”. …