Trump to revoke Hong Kong trade privileges in China escalation

President also says US will withdraw from World Health Organization over pandemic response

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 7:23 pm

Coronavirus latest: Cuomo says NYC on track to begin reopening on June 8

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 7:00 pm

Global stocks weaken on US-China tensions

Shares fall as investors brace themselves for US to retaliate over Hong Kong law

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 6:59 pm

Market rally is based on optimistic assumptions

Narrative justifying the recovery is plausible but may not come true

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 5:43 pm

Powell says Fed ‘strongly committed’ to helping US economy

Chairman warns new wave of coronavirus cases could weaken recovery

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 5:13 pm

Alberto Alesina, economist, 1957-2020

Profound and original thinker with a disarming sense of humor

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 5:10 pm

Sound the trumpet! Debt jubilees have arrived

Some of the pandemic relief policies around the world are a grand gesture towards forgiveness

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 3:59 pm

Living with coronavirus

An erosion of trust in government, and keeping our tempers and savings during the pandemic

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 3:31 pm

German car parts group to axe up to 15,000 jobs

ZF makes cuts as business comes under pressure from ‘freeze in consumer demand’

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 3:14 pm

Brazil’s first-quarter GDP falls 1.5% as Covid-19 cases climb

Dismal figures add to woes for Latin America’s largest economy

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 2:38 pm

Sweden snubbed as Norway and Denmark open borders

Countries will remain closed to Swedish visitors because of its Covid-19 infection rate

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 1:54 pm

Deflation fears as eurozone price growth falls to four-year low

Economists highlight dangers of an accompanying drop in demand

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 12:45 pm

FirstFT: Today’s top stories

Your daily news briefing

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 11:25 am

Traders’ happy return to work belies long recovery

Economic reality does not quite match the optimism on the markets

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 10:00 am

Coronavirus and Logistics

In the second of a three-part series, we examine how the Covid-19 crisis is testing supply chains and re-engineering the distribution of goods

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 3:31 am

Covid-19 puts Polish logistics and transport groups to the test

Virus crisis disrupts business models of big national economic success stories

Posted on 29 May 2020 | 3:30 am

Coronavirus: US outbreak continues to spread beyond original hotspots — as it happened

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 10:27 pm

Recovery prospects outweigh the negatives

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 8:19 pm

Fiscal policy must now support the recovery

Governments have a chance to invest in reshaping economies

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 5:35 pm

Bank of England’s recovery forecasts are narrow

It has used ‘scenario’ to describe only its best predictions for the impact of Covid-19

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 3:48 pm

US jobless claims top 40m as economy struggles to reopen

Additional 2.1m people applied for benefits last week but ongoing claims declined

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 2:01 pm

Europe’s battle lines are drawn at a perilous time

There is only one way forward — for leaders to work with, not against each other

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 12:00 pm

EU shouldn’t rely on trade defence to strengthen its supply chains

There are many ways in which Brussels and its governments can intervene to build economic resilience

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 11:57 am

FirstFT: Today’s top stories

Your daily news briefing

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 10:28 am

How will Trump intervention affect Hong Kong business?

Analysts warn that any US measures would have a ‘chilling effect’ on business activity

Posted on 28 May 2020 | 10:19 am