Economics
The best of FN’s roundtables this year
Catch up with some of the leaders’ debates we held this year
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Trump wins the presidency. Sweeping changes are coming to finance
Financial services in Washington and beyond are set for an upheaval
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Who needs the OBR? Not Rachel Reeves
The chancellor is facing challenges over the Office for Budget Responsibility’s investment figures
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over tax breaks for ‘super rich’ in first leaders debate
Labour leader confirms he will scrap private equity ‘loophole’ if elected
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Labour to shy away from bank tax raid in pro-business push
Party continues bid to distance itself from left-wing past as general election looms
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City relaxed about election after Labour pledges to support finance
Sir Keir Starmer’s party has come a long way since the dark days of Jeremy Corbyn
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Politicians are wrong: the UK doesn’t need a sovereign wealth fund
They might be fashionable, but a state-level fund would be a bad idea
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Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio warned of an economic disaster that never came. What now?
Many experts thought high interest rates would break the economy and inflation couldn’t be tamed
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Government launches British Isa, forces pensions to disclose UK holdings in London listings push
Hunt takes aim at IPO drought as reforms pick up pace
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The boom in battery metals for EVs is turning to bust
Producers of lithium and nickel pause projects after prices collapsed, and momentum slows for electric-vehicle sales
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Ukraine’s finance minister: Why investors can’t give up on us now
Despite unprecedented action to protect investors, the economic war is far from over
Bitter lessons for finance two years on from Ukraine invasion
Companies are grappling with the fallout from decisions they made when the Ukraine-Russia war began in 2022
Have we finally reached peak Davos?
Davos has lost some big names as competition mounts from rival conferences
Why worry? Top finance executives on the year’s biggest risks
Financial News spoke to top executives at Europe’s financial and professional services firms to get their predictions for the biggest concerns for the industry and economy this year
Private credit, dealmaking and… Credit Suisse? Where growth will come from in 2024
FN talks to bosses at the likes of DWS, JPMorgan and Clifford Chance in search of reasons for cheer this year
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US elections, AI, private capital: What will shape finance this year?
Leaders at EY, TP ICAP, UBS and more on how trends might play out in 2024
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Wolfgang Schäuble, architect of German reunification and eurozone austerity, dies at 81
The staunch adherent to fiscal restraint prioritised balanced budgets at home and helped enforce austerity on the EU’s ailing economies
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Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70
Sir Keir Starmer and Jeremy Hunt pay tribute to the former Chancellor
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Why central banks must steer clear of climate activism at COP28
Central banks can't be responsible for the green transition, but they must watch the risks
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