The BoE’s three balance sheet problem

Issues with the Issue Department

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Odey judgment is lesson for firms over ethical failings, warns FCA

Watchdog introduces stricter rules to ensure ‘people can speak up’ and be protected against misconduct

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

How Switzerland turned tax competition into a national sport

The country’s 26 cantons compete fiercely for companies, wealthy residents and the taxes they bring

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Hedge fund warned ousted lawyer to settle £36bn BHP dam collapse claim

Case becoming a cautionary tale of the challenges of litigation funding

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Should markets discount the AI apocalypse?

How should investors interpret the labs’ calls for a slowdown?

Posted on Tuesday September 15, 2026

UK inflation rose to 3.1% in August

Figure worsens squeeze on households ahead of BoE meeting

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

World’s best-performing sovereign wealth fund expects equities pullback

New Zealand’s superannuation fund grows 14% despite being underweight on US tech stocks

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too late

Reducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decision

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

EU rebuffs Carney’s ‘unique alliance’ with Canada

Some governments balk at prime minister’s call for ‘middle powers’ to join forces against US and China

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Fed should defy Trump with rate rise, top economists say

The vast bulk of respondents in FT-Booth poll say the central bank should lift borrowing costs in a bid to tame inflation

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026