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Read the central bank’s November forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?

Commission recommends Finland be placed under excessive deficit procedure but Italy looks set to exit

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There is tension between the central bank’s inflation and maximum employment mandates

Also in today’s newsletter, Spotify prepares to raise US prices and the top timepieces of 2025

Growth in annual GDP per capita will fall by more than a full percentage point in some countries over the next 25 years

Read the November forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

The view that the stock market is in a massive bubble and bound to crash is incorrect over the medium term

Many governments have not come clean with voters about the growing fiscal strains on the welfare state

South American country dissents at COP30 and G20 in nod to Donald Trump

Conversation between US and Chinese presidents comes as Washington debates sale of more advanced AI chips

US commerce secretary calls for ‘balanced approach’ during visit to Brussels for meeting with bloc’s trade ministers

Price increases show that western restrictions are limiting Moscow’s capabilities, Bank of Finland research finds

An institution that relied on principled co-operation was always going to stumble

Like every president, he will have to own the political consequences of rising prices

Also in today’s newsletter, BHP rules out bid for smaller rival Anglo American, and the FT launches its seasonal appeal

Beijing steps up competition with US on access to critical minerals

Commission wants greater benefits for local workers and technology transfers when foreign companies set up in bloc

Agreements at G20 and COP30 show how America’s absence has not demoralised world leaders