US faces more interest rate rises to cool inf...

Electricity prices in the country have soared since the government cut energy subsidies to obtain a $3bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund leading to protests. We hear how this is impacting individuals and businesses. Also in the programme, we get the latest from Gabon ...  Show more

US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, is calling on Beijing to reduce the risk of doing business in China for American companies. 

The US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced a 0.75% jump in interest rates, suggesting future increases could be smaller. Emergency warnings have been triggered in Japan as North Korea launches a ballistic missile. It marks a further increase in tensions on ...  Show more

Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled the central bank will start to slow the pace of interest rate increases, French president Emanuel Emmanuel Macron is meeting with US president Joe Biden today, and Eurozone inflation finally slowed down. Plus, we get the latest on the ...

The Federal Reserve has lifted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, Europe’s largest energy traders have called on central banks for help to avert a cash crunch, and the FT’s Tom Mitchell discusses the rising cost of Beijing’s loyalty to Moscow.  ...

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The mainstream emphasis on Treasury auctions is, like so many of these things, completely misplaced. It's not just misplaced, even the worst Treasury auctions don't actually matt ...