Resignation comes after president-elect said he will nominate Kash Patel to lead top US law enforcement agency
Figure matches Wall Street’s forecasts and clears way for Federal Reserve rate cut next week
Parting shot at geopolitical rival is effort to shelter US manufacturers from green-energy powerhouse
Central bank has slashed borrowing costs five times this year in an effort to combat unemployment and boost growth
US Treasury secretary says broad trade penalties might ‘significantly raise costs to households’
President-elect pledges to loosen environmental rules for big developers
Howard Lutnick has defended the stablecoin company which has been used by gangs and US adversaries
The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP
Fast-moving events leave Washington fearful of Isis resurgence and divided over troop deployment
Suspect in murder case draws morbid admiration from those aggrieved with country’s costly healthcare system
Experts expect Trump regulators to be less hawkish on challenging proposed acquisitions in the sector
So-called restrainers reject post-Cold War foreign policy consensus
Also in today’s newsletter, US to unveil new tariffs on Chinese cleantech imports, and North Korea slams South’s Yoon over failed martial law gambit
Prosecutors accuse brothers Tal and Oren Alexander of using their wealth and connections to attract women they abused
Pentagon, Treasury and state department all conclude $15bn Nippon Steel acquisition poses no national security risk
Over 4,000 flown home in the face of rebel victory and overthrow of ally Bashar al-Assad
Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you
Turbulence ahoi
Assad, Putin, Gaddafi — the free world too often gets its hopes up about despots
Nippon Life’s acquisition underscores sector’s struggle to find growth opportunities in its domestic market
Pyongyang slams South Korean president as ‘fascist’ who has plunged his country into ‘pandemonium’
Washington’s attempt to build alliance in east Asia could founder if a left-wing president succeeds Yoon Suk Yeol
Wall Street strategists forecast S&P 500 will rise 8% by end of next year after big 2024 gains
Virtually every other corner of the ETF investment universe was ground into dust by the onward march of Wall St
With US equities at record valuation peaks, investors should re-examine their risk appetite
But we can weather downturns better by controlling our own biases
Country’s two biggest supermarket operators suffer a potentially fatal blow in their efforts to consolidate
How UBS learned to stop worrying and love the rally
Opportunities exist for the UK and its European neighbours, but they must grasp the nettle of economic reform
The FT's chief economics commentator speaks to the former US Treasury Secretary
Well the years start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’
Plus, the clearest sign yet that dealmakers are enthusiastic about the incoming administration
No, but machines are making some serious progress
The end of the US-led order is giving way to a kind of chaos that chimes with the president-elect’s preferences
The communities are an unintended side-effect of growing South Korean investment in the US
The savings compared with mutual funds was mainly due to tax advantages rather than exchange traded funds’ lower fees
