UK inflation accelerates to 3.3% in March as petrol prices jump
Figure underlines economic impact of the Middle East conflict
Dettol maker Reckitt hit by Russia sanctions and weak Europe demand
UK-listed group no longer permitted to ship cleaning products to Russia under changes to EU sanctions
Fuel prices push UK inflation rate up in March
Rise in headline inflation will not prompt Bank of England to increase rates next week
Trump extends Iran ceasefire as peace talks hit impasse
President’s latest mixed signal comes as US sends more troops to region
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Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth talk to Toby Nangle
Transcript: How ancient Mesopotamians solved runaway debt
Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth talk to Amanda Podany
FTAV’s further reading
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Plus, the UK’s labour market struggles
The remarkable renaissance of high-frequency traders
Money, it’s a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
Zelenskyy to crash EU summit after calling Orbán’s bluff in €90bn loan row
Also in this newsletter: EU mutual defence without ‘irritating’ US
War disruption forces world’s biggest condom maker to raise prices by up to 30%
Malaysia’s Karex says it has to pass on higher cost of raw materials to customers
US warns on intelligence as Seoul tensions deepen
Trump-era transactionalism puts relationship between allies to the test
FirstFT: Trump extends Iran ceasefire
Also in today’s newsletter: Deutsche Telekom weighs merger and Nestlé’s China business
Reebok plans hundreds of China stores to capture activewear boom
Owner Authentic Brands hopes bricks-and-mortar relaunch will generate $1bn in annual sales within a decade
Introducing: The Story of Money podcast
A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance
Transcript: Senators grill Kevin Warsh in Fed chair hearing
Marc Filippino speaks to Claire Jones and Robin Wigglesworth
Hacks season 5 — a sweet send-off for a once exquisitely vicious sitcom
The HBO comedy, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, embraces its more sentimental impulses for its finale
The politics of trust in science
Public confidence in scientific research is spread unevenly across the population
The Swiss bank that crossed Scott Bessent
US pressure forced MBaer out of business, leaving critics questioning whether Swiss authorities had moved quickly enough
The pollution data they don’t print on your water bill
English water companies don’t publish numbers on how much waste they spill every year on your behalf — so I’ve estimated it
Trump trade chief urges US allies to pay more for critical minerals
Jamieson Greer says ‘security premium’ needed to counter reliance on Chinese supplies
ECB has ‘luxury’ to wait on interest rate rises, says top policymaker
Latvian central bank governor Mārtiņš Kazāks sees no rush to respond to higher energy prices driven by Iran war
Keir Starmer’s growing list of apologies
The UK prime minister, who relished pushing Boris Johnson into saying sorry, has now found himself in a similar place
New platform allows UK investors to hold crypto in Isas again
Start-up Stratiphy is the first to offer both crypto ETNs and Innovative Finance Isas