FirstFT: Mortgage costs jump on Iran war
Also in today’s newsletter: Labour’s Brexit debate and German unemployment
Also in today’s newsletter: Labour’s Brexit debate and German unemployment
The FT News Briefing podcast series travels to Pennsylvania to better understand life in Trump’s America
Victoria Craig speaks to Malcolm Moore and Lucy Fisher
Neo-Western saga ‘Dutton Ranch’; Munya Chawawa goes ‘Wrestling with Trump’; season 2 of Jilly Cooper saga ‘Rivals; ‘Legends’ is a nail-biting Netflix thriller; Lucy Punch returns on comic form in ‘Amandaland’; ‘Widow’s Bay’ is a superb horror comedy. Reviews by Rebecca Nicholson
US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
Former cabinet minister Alan Milburn to call for more funding for technical and vocational courses
Hub for scientific and tech innovation aims to triple in size over next 30 years
Refiners maximise production and increase imports from US and Africa to offset loss of Middle Eastern supplies
New rules to target chemicals and industrial machinery makers
Military contractors want more time to comply with prohibition years in the making and now just months away
Extra spending on petrol and diesel exceeds cost of repairing country’s bridges or rebooting air traffic control
Group invests in basket of company equities and tells bondholders the sector is ‘undervalued’
Transcript from an interview with the deputy governor of the Bank of England
Switzerland says tougher capital rules are needed to guard against disaster. Executives disagree. Shareholders suggest relocation
Elon Musk’s legal challenge could derail the AI start-up’s commercial ambitions
It is a stunted financial power, leaving the US free to rule global markets
Investors have watched the UK’s political flip-flopping and budgetary shortfalls with alarm
Home loans have become more expensive in North America and Europe despite central banks keeping rates on hold
Once one of the Eurozone’s strongest jobs markets, the number of unemployed has topped 3mn for the first time in 15 years
Asset managers and hedge funds say they remain committed to the region despite the current disruption
Sarah Breeden warns of hit to business from political uncertainty
Documenting the lives of the merchants, artists and adventurers who crossed the nation’s borders, this rich history reveals an identity that was far from insular
The style of athletes and a shifting sportswear market are turning the game into the industry’s newest obsession
The white, polished, supersized properties of Andrew Tate et al reveal something radical that even ‘The Matrix’ did not manage