Employers are cutting jobs and raising prices to offset tax increases, with wages still growing too fast for policymakers’ comfort
Trump imposes sanctions on Latin American ally for turning back American planes carrying deported migrants
World leaders gather in Poland on Holocaust memorial day, Fed and ECB make rate calls, and the Year of the Snake begins
Marginal gains in the country’s strengths and weaknesses would go a long way
It is time for the EU to get down to business
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Many nations have been responding to Trump tariffs not by retaliating but by courting other trade partners
US withdrawal will make it ‘much harder’ to curb global warming, says André Corrêa do Lago
The president’s ultimatums and demands on allies and rivals suggest he will use America’s financial might as a cudgel
US president also says he would like to see interest rates fall ‘a lot’
US trade partners warn new measures would harm consumers in all three countries
Leaked policy proposal would give government option to exclude foreign companies from public contracts
ECB president defends continent’s strengths and insists it is ‘not a basket case’
Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you
S&P’s results add to gloom about economy as employment levels fall
If the US president takes a more flexible approach, tariffs may end up being used as a bargaining tool rather than end goal
Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI in talks to split and the Sackler family agrees $7.4bn opioid settlement
Central bank signals more increases to come if wage and price growth hit forecasts
The central bank should be forward-looking and signal its equilibrium level for rates
A conversation with the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
City-state’s central bank cites ‘trade frictions’ as it trims growth and inflation forecasts for 2025
Trump’s slogan is a bet on the energy status quo, not on the future
US president tells World Economic Forum he will insist central banks lower interest rates ‘immediately’ afterwards
Panamanians fear Washington’s retaliation over Chinese interests in strategic waterway
Also in today’s newsletter, why the first few days of Trump’s presidency have left China cautiously optimistic
