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FirstFT: Scott Bessent looks at the Federal Reserve’s oversight

Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX boosts IPO ambitions, and a $22bn merger in the insurance industry

NS&I set to pay UK savers hundreds of millions in missing payments

Bereaved families particularly affected due to ‘tracing’ issues at state-owned savings bank

US inflation will surge to 4.2% on energy shock, warns OECD

Middle East war to push American price growth to ‘highest in G7’

OpenAI puts erotic chatbot plans on hold ‘indefinitely’

Decision follows staff and investor concerns about sexual AI content

UK faces biggest hit to growth from Middle East war, OECD warns

Outlook underscores economy’s exposure to conflict through reliance on energy imports

Next warns Middle East war could push up prices

UK fashion retailer has already accounted for £15mn of additional costs from higher fuel and air freight charges

Equitable and Corebridge in talks to create $22bn life insurance giant

Plans come as private capital groups have hitched their growth to managing assets held by US insurers

In fragmented Britain, who can say what counts as ‘good’ performance?

We can no longer use historical yardsticks for local election success

Stagflation is back

War in Iran threatens to hit growth and confidence, deepen governments’ unpopularity and hurt public finances

Carlyle and KKR to build two data centres for US Army at a cost of $2bn each

Army secretary says Iran war underscores need to adapt to AI’s growing role in modern warfare

Co-op chief executive to step down as cyber attack costs mount

Shirine Khoury-Haq to leave her post after major cyber attack and allegations of a ‘toxic culture’ in Co-op’s senior ranks

Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen — Netflix’s wedding horror piles on the clichés

This eerie series about a young couple is let down by far-fetched storytelling

A CPU crunch and Alibaba’s latest chip

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

The peace trade

What’s in store for the markets postwar

Now and forever, a stockpicker’s market

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EU parliament to back US trade deal with safeguards on Trump tariffs

Also in this newsletter: Giorgia Meloni’s reshuffle, and new deportation rules

Israel strikes Iran while Gulf countries intercept drones

‘Glimmer of hope’ over US-Iran talks, China says, as Trump insists negotiations ongoing

European Central Bank hopes to look through energy price shock

Read the March forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Transcript: Investors try to stay ahead of Trump’s Iran moves

Marc Filippino speaks to George Steer and Brooke Masters

Transcript: Hungary’s pivotal election

Gideon Rachman speaks to Zsuzsanna Végh

FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies

The 2026 ranking highlights the businesses that are flourishing in uncertain times. From financial services driving growth in London to a personalised dog food brand in Italy. Plus the role of venture capital and France’s tech hub success