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US software stocks were hit with a fresh burst of selling on Monday as investors fretted that AI will upend the industry, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heads to China this week to discuss trade. Plus, the FT’s Ben Hall explains where things stand in the Ukraine war four ye ...  Show more

The US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency tariff powers is raising questions about existing trade deals, federal revenues, and the impact to American business. Plus, how JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon is preparing to spend a re ...  Show more

US equities rallied last week on growing expectations of lower interest rates and Microsoft became the largest company by market capitalisation. The earnings season kicked off in earnest on Friday with the major banks including JPMorgan reporting, and this will be followed by ...

Investors on Wall Street sent their sharpest response to an interest rate rise since 1994 after the Federal Reserve defied pressure from Donald Trump by boosting rates for the fourth time this year. The FT's senior investment commentator Mike Mackenzie explains the market reactio ...  Show more

Higher bond yields in developed markets are spooking equity markets, but some on the bond side see the higher yields as too attractive to miss out on. Services prices in Japan rose at the fastest annual rate since 1993. China is pushing hard against a weaker yuan. Bitcoin drop ...

After US labour market data drove up stock prices on Friday, today it is China and its government's measures intended to prop up its ailing economy that are driving market sentiment. In commodities, oil prices are trading at levels last seen in November on fears over supply cu ...