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Trump’s shadow hangs over US-Cuban rapprochement President-elect wants Havana to speed up reforms at a time of weakening growth

Dollar and Treasury yields surge on Fed rate outlook Stock markets cautious and gold hits 10-month low

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Britain will discover that distance still matters in trade It will be tough to replace access to EU services markets with business elsewhere

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A Trump victory - currency markets are asking what if? - FT.com As Hillary Clinton convalesces, the foreign exchange market is stirring. Medical bulletins about the Democratic nominee are helping to shake investors from their seeming indifference about the US presidential election, forcing them to at least

Has the time for QE infinity reached its end? How should policymakers design their future strategy?
Find out in this review by Alberto Gallo on Ft.com

Turning Europe from a good trade into a good investment - FT.com Quantitative easing is broken. Central bankers have fought the crisis with low interest rates and asset purchases. This playbook has worked in the US but failed in Europe and Japan, due to their bank-centred financial systems and ageing demographics.

China agrees EU deal to assuage steel dumping concerns - FT.com China and the EU have agreed to set up a bilateral steel “platform” to address European concerns over Chinese steel dumping, smoothing the way for Europe to grant China its coveted market economy status. A jump in steel shipments from China had

Is India really the most open economy for FDI? Check out this article from the Financial Times.

Is India really the most open economy for FDI? - FT.com Narendra Modi claims his relaxation on foreign direct investment, announced this week, makes India “the most open economy in the world for FDI”. India attracted $55bn in the year to end-March, up from $36bn two years earlier, the final year of the

Brussels attacks: so far 18 killed and 90 injured. President Françoise Hollande tweets "c'est toute l'Europe qui est frappée - all Europe has been hit". Here live update by BBC.

Our thoughts are with the families and friends of victims.

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ECB cuts rates to new low and expands QE - FT.com The European Central Bank has unveiled a series of new measures to strengthen the eurozone’s recovery, with policy makers expanding their quantitative easing package and cutting benchmark interest rates to a new low. The ECB has raised the amount of

Super Tuesday results: big wins for Trump and Clinton - FT.com Super Tuesday results night in pictures Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were on course for strong results on “Super Tuesday” after the Republican and Democratic frontrunners each won a swath of states in the biggest single night of primaries to

What are the real risks involved with Brexit?

BlackRock warns of economic dangers of Brexit - FT.com BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has warned that Britain’s economy would be hit hard by a vote to leave the EU, with equities, sterling and the London property market all likely to suffer. In a gloomy report for clients, it also warns

Argentina reaches a deal with its creditors The agreement is a victory for the country’s new president