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Figures come day after first-quarter data prompted investors to push back rate cut expectations
Demand from China drove prices to a record high this month — now many suspect the normal rules no longer apply
Secretary of state’s trip to Beijing comes as tensions remain over Taiwan, war in Ukraine and tech export controls
Governor Kazuo Ueda says weakening currency is having ‘no major impact’ on underlying inflation
Also in today’s newsletter, Blinken meets Xi and investors scale back US rate cut bets
The FT’s fifth annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth. Plus: outsourcers tap into remote work boom; Shopify targets more growth from bigger clients; Brazil’s alternative to electric vehicles; and Vertex Pharmaceutical’s potential answer to the opioid crisis
Agencies providing overseas-based staff for US clients have prospered
There is a gap between the research supplied by academia and what policymakers actually want
Washington urges Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands to tighten supply of tools and technology
Head of Italy’s central bank highlights risk of US stance pushing up global borrowing costs
Markets no longer fully confident of move by September following new growth and inflation data
More than halfway through its incentives spending, the US will have far greater scope to manage shocks
Sharp falls in commodities are unlikely to continue, says lender, making it harder for central banks to cut interest rates
Also in today’s newsletter, Meta’s shares tumble and Columbia’s ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’
Secretary of state expected to demand Beijing cease support for Russia’s war in Ukraine
Yen’s 34-year low against dollar complicates task for BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda a month after ending negative rates era
Also in this newsletter: Waiting for Emmanuel Macron’s words of wisdom
Scar tissue that I wish you saw
Many middle-income countries show reserves of pragmatic tolerance that Europeans do not necessarily deserve
Western policymakers ignore changing global power relations at their peril
Chatbots will soon take over much of the work of human agents, forecasts chief of Indian IT group
Since Brexit, food and drink industry has faced border checks on business with largest trading partner
Tokyo urges alliances to stay competitive but companies wary of giving up control
John Deng targets India ‘opportunity’ after breakthroughs with US, UK and Canada
Also in this newsletter: new weapons for Ukraine, German recovery, the value of loyalty
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