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Investors bank on Bessent to tame the drunken dragon

Yields on US government bonds have been thrashing around in response to Trump’s capricious policy plans

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Gillian Tett

The post-Covid world is only just becoming clear

The scars of the pandemic are emerging in our politics

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Camilla Cavendish

Take heart, quiet majority. ‘Headphone dodgers’ can be silenced

Noisemakers have plagued city dwellers for centuries — but there is a way to stop them

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Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

The battle for the Catholic Church’s future will not be over doctrine

In choosing the next pope, disagreements will be over the Church’s ‘style’ — its way of being, culture and mindset

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Austen Ivereigh

How the Treasury market got hooked on hedge fund leverage

Recent turbulence was partly the result of trading strategies using derivatives. But the same investors are increasingly important buyers of US...

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The Big Read

Steve Witkoff, the Trump loyalist disrupting diplomacy

The billionaire property investor has been tasked with securing peace in Ukraine and the Middle East

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Person In The News

Playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with Meta over my fraudulent avatars

How is it possible that a company with such huge resources, including artificial intelligence tools, cannot deal with this?

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Martin Wolf

We’re not spending cash, so why are we hoarding it?

The value of UK bank notes in circulation has hit a record high, but it may all be under the proverbial mattress

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Claer Barrett

Uncertainty remains the only certainty for UK on tariffs

If the dollar were to weaken further, the drag on growth and inflation would probably be larger

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Megan Greene

How the US trade war is infecting the global economy

The IMF chief warns of a ‘new and major test’ as it cuts growth projections on the back of the Trump administration’s tariffs

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The Big Read

How to pass unpopular reforms

The low-growth, high-debt bind requires bold but difficult fixes

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The Editorial Board

Should corporate whistleblowers get paid?

Countries including the US, South Korea and Nigeria offer hefty rewards to insiders who uncover wrongdoing. Could the UK finally join them? 

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The Big Read

Trump is right to want to revive US maritime power

An America First foreign policy is impossible without it

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Robert Obrien

What papal conclaves can teach democracies about voting

When an electoral system evolves over time, it can be surprisingly effective

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John Thornhill

The role of art in difficult times

Where propaganda simplifies, artists invite us into the liminal space between what is and what ought to be

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Margaret Heffernan

The right must fight before it can unite

An alliance between Reform UK and the Tories may be the final outcome but they must try to smash each other first

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Robert Shrimsley

Is this still the Asian century?

The theory is that hegemonies run in cycles, but Trump and a trade war may disrupt the pattern

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Leo Lewis

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter & Alvaro Bedoya: Trump’s move to fire us is a terrible warning for the US economy

Our case is about whether America is ruled by laws or political whims

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Federal Trade Commission Us

Trump’s shameful Crimea ultimatum to Ukraine

Washington is trying to force on Kyiv a peace deal on Russia’s terms

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The Editorial Board

Trump’s tariffs threaten Ireland’s pharma fortune

The country’s windfall from overseas drug companies was aided by the US president’s own tax bill

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John Gapper

China isn’t trying to win the AI race

Beijing may have quietly concluded that being a close second to the US serves its interests better

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Angela Zhang

The cost of Trump’s attack on American science

Sweeping funding cuts threaten to undermine the innovation that has been a central part of US economic strength for decades

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The Big Read

Tradwives have evolved to become pin-ups of the religious right

A search for ways to promote higher birth rates makes allies of domestic influencers and populist politicians

wednesday 10

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Chine Mcdonald

What would a US tariff on chips look like?

A component levy on foreign-made semiconductors would function as a major tax increase on electronics sold in America

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Chris Miller

There is no such thing as a Trump whisperer

Western leaders who are said to be on special terms with the US president have nothing to show for it

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Janan Ganesh

The hit music accused of glorifying violence in Mexico

‘Narcocorridos’ that romanticise cartel figures face a ban in some parts of the country

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Christine Murray

Trump and the art of the retreat

Reputational damage to the Fed and US assets will not be easily reversed

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The Editorial Board

Europe’s opportunity amid Trump’s chaos

The EU must move swiftly on growth reforms to capitalise on investors’ rising interest

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The Editorial Board

If only it were as simple as no more excluded children

It’s never just about the one pupil who is made to leave school

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Stephen Bush

The US ruled against Google’s monopoly — Europe should do the same

As Big Tech tightens its grip on governments and markets, the EU must ensure competition can flourish

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Daron Acemoglu

Will going back to basics restore BP’s fortunes?

Once famed for daring deals and exploration success, the oil group now trails its main rivals

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Malcolm Moore

Trump’s trade shock hits the global economy

The IMF is trying to make sense of the unknowable

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Martin Wolf

Jay Powell is defiant in the face of Trump’s threats

The Fed chair is determined to see out his term, and lawyers at the central bank think he has good grounds to do so

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Gillian Tett

Vance’s trolling audition to be Trump’s heir

The many contradictions of the vice-president should not distract from his ambition

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Edward Luce