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The Big Read. Kevin Warsh: Trump’s next fall guy at the Fed?

The nominee to lead the world’s most powerful central bank wants big changes. But there’s risk of confrontation with the president over interest rates

20.04.2026 10

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What Warsh should do at the Fed

If he is finally confirmed, Trump’s nominee for chair must undertake a re-evaluation of the central bank’s structure and purpose

17.04.2026 10

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The FT View. America’s tightening cost of living squeeze

The Iran war has intensified US households’ affordability struggles

14.04.2026 10

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The case for Trump’s tariffs looks strong a year on from ‘liberation day’

Economists’ lurid forecasts of disaster have not been realised

02.04.2026 10

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Trump’s war is delivering a gut punch to the US economy

A supply chain crisis will hit ordinary Americans with higher prices at a time when they are already feeling stretched

26.03.2026 20

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The Big Read. Can the US economy thrive without migrants?

Trump’s draconian immigration policies have been some of his most disruptive interventions of all

24.03.2026 20

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America keeps bailing out Trump

The country’s underlying strengths are absorbing his erratic choices, including the war on Iran

23.03.2026 20

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America risks financial credibility with payments deficit obsession

Imposing tariffs in response threatens to create a problem where none exists

12.03.2026 20

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The calculated silence of America’s business and finance leaders

As Donald Trump has launched a series of blunt interventions in the corporate and financial worlds, he has received little pushback from industry or...

30.08.2025 20

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Will Trump’s tariff climbdown save the US from recession?

Markets cheered the deal with China. But away from Wall Street, confidence is plummeting and prices are on the rise

20.05.2025 20

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The White House war on federal statistics

Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups

18.03.2025 20

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