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Maroš Šefčovič shared assessment after meetings in Washington this week

Trafigura ‘semi-seriously’ looks at changing traders’ hours to match president’s social media output

Kremlin says agreement is dependent on dropping measures imposed on agricultural bank

UK chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances

Also in today’s newsletter, interview with FOMC member Austan Goolsbee and Vance plans visit to Greenland

From Canada to Ukraine, populations rally behind leaders seeking to fend off the US president’s threats

Fall in clothing prices drives decline but services inflation holds at 5% in February

Donald Trump’s language about American allies has sparked anxiety among Japanese officials

UK gross government debt rose from 85.7% of GDP in 2019 to 101.8% in 2024

R-star debate becomes less useful as monetary policy approaches neutral level

Management will demand Sinochem reduce its stake in tyremaker at board meeting on Wednesday

Move marks Trump administration’s first attempt to stifle Beijing’s development of military-related technology

Office for National Statistics is working on revisions to earnings figures that are important for monetary policy

Rating agency says Donald Trump’s policies could make it more difficult to offset rising deficit and debt

Threat of US tariffs and growing global demand seen as likely to support prices

Using trade duties to extract favours will be a feature of Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the international order

How do technocrats expect the needed macroeconomic adjustments to occur?

Also in today’s newsletter, the prospect of a new nuclear arms race and how lawyers are reacting to Trump’s attacks

That is a problem for the Fed; plus a homily on the meaning of dovishness

Also in today’s newsletter, retail investors ‘buy the dip’, and Israel readies Gaza occupation plans