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Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman on exploiting male rage – and America’s affordability crisis

Diverging fortunes of technology and other sectors spark concern despite rapid growth in GDP

Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed

Also in today’s newsletter, Karoline Leavitt reacts to bipartisan call for answers on September’s Venezuela strikes

Despite fiscal tightening announced at the Budget, market trust in British governments remains low

The headline rate remains around target, but rising services inflation will be under the ECB’s microscope

Also in today’s newsletter: Steve Cohen moves closer to opening New York’s first casino, and China’s booming pharma industry

Economists expect the European Central Bank to keep rates on hold at the December meeting

Paris-based group signals major central banks have scant room to loosen policy further

Overly optimistic assumptions that inflation will always be the public finances’ friend are mistaken

Investment in world’s second-largest economy helps companies keep pace with Chinese rivals

UK government will make it easier for drugs to be approved for use in order to secure carve-out from import levies

Both exports and imports have fallen, and US manufacturers are hurting

Also in today’s newsletter, Nato considers ‘more aggressive’ approach to Russian cyber attacks, and Trump ally leads in Honduras election

Kazuo Ueda’s remarks ‘clearly signal’ possibility of tightening in December meeting, say analysts

A decades-long effort to tear down internal trade barriers has stalled, leaving the EU economy ‘tagging along behind’

Plus, BoE Financial Stability Report published, Zara owner Inditex reports results and 2026 Fifa World Cup draw is made

The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

New president says Afreximbank plans a big push to finance processing facilities for raw commodities