The nation’s top economic statistician was fired. Central bank independence is being undermined. The federal government is buying chunks of private companies and demanding cuts of revenue streams.

Rachel Reeves faced a difficult balancing act as she addressed the Labour faithful in Liverpool today. Ahead of what many see as a make-or-break budget next month, the chancellor needed “to assure her ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1931, John Maynard Keynes published a short essay entitled “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren” in ...

To build a lasting recovery, government should cut regulations and break down the barriers to private entrepreneurship. As we emerge from this crisis, we must always remember society is co-operation; ...

France has a lot going for it. It has "an enviable standard of living", according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, external (OECD). "Inequality is not excessive and the ...

As a consequence of signing the Treaty of Versailles, the Weimar Government was obliged to pay reparations to the victors of World War One. In 1922, the Weimar Government stated that it would not be ...

"Now a lot has been written about the productivity puzzle. Why, for so many years, have British workers been less productive than their German or American counterparts? Why has productivity been so ...

Low-income Americans have missed out on the wealth effects that have benefited the highest earners. The Fed, which has played a role in what economists refer to as the K-shaped economy, can’t easily ...

Russia’s economy has fallen into a trap of problem loans that could ultimately trigger a collapse. The issue is being ...

18:26, Wed, May 14, 2025 Updated: 19:56, Wed, May 14, 2025 Vladimir Putin has admitted a key problem with Russia's economy as the country misses an oil target. The President underscored at a meeting ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Indian economy news every morning. New Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market is one of India’s largest garment wholesale hubs, jammed with ...