Monetary Policy Radar preview: ECB’s February meeting
The FT’s guide on what to look out for at Thursday’s session
The FT’s guide on what to look out for at Thursday’s session
Eurozone member has been without its normal vote at ECB rate-setting meetings since early 2025
Making less with more
Cross-ruff, opposed to trump-drawing, offers near certainty of success
Plausible predictions have vastly different outcomes. Also in this newsletter, US trade balances move back to normality
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
Packaged food company moves to win back inflation weary shoppers by lowering snack prices by up to 15%
US digital payments company appoints former board chair Enrique Lores to replace Alex Chriss
Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age-based restrictions over child safety concerns
Billionaire folds rocket maker into a lossmaking AI start-up, betting scale and control can beat rivals to blockbuster IPO
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is now one of the world’s top deployers of grid-scale energy storage
Regulator found manufacturer could have received grants and preferential tax treatment that undermine European industry
Plans delayed by high costs and complexity involved, upsetting decarbonisation ambitions of factories in north-west
The author on her first-hand experience of the city’s sexy, seedy bar scene
German group’s boss says America remains ‘excellent market’ despite ‘painful’ wind farm and tariff moves
Also in today’s newsletter: ties between top Goldman Sachs lawyer and Jeffrey Epstein
Stocks also rise in first trading session as US pledges to lower country’s tariffs to 18% following oil agreement
Bank’s general counsel sought sex offender’s help with career advancement and advised him on press enquiries
Moscow resumes bombing of Kyiv and other cities after five-day pause
Morgan McSweeney could be forced out over misjudgment, raising stakes for PM’s survival
Move by one of the biggest UK lenders broadens options available to low-deposit borrowers
AG Barr looks to capitalise on falling consumption of alcoholic beverages
Meteoric rise — and thumping sell-off — has seen the volatile precious metal compared to a ‘meme stock’
Sonja Hutson talks to Myles McCormick