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Companies are trying to protect themselves against unknown unknowns

Also in today’s newsletter: regulators probe private equity’s auditor investments and European banks find their mojo

Even dovish policymakers signal they want another tightening soon

Also in this newsletter: Antitrust chief urged to watch Netflix-Warner Bros deal

Japan digests election results, Hong Kong protester Jimmy Lai sentenced and Bangladeshis vote in a pivotal election

Kevin Warsh won’t be able to fix the Fed without a responsible Congress and president

Long periods of expansion create fiscal, financial and productivity risks

FT-Booth Survey shows scepticism of productivity gains forecast by Trump’s pick as next Fed chair

Narendra Modi’s government pushes historic opening of traditionally insular economy

French ideas are often in the ascendant in EU policy-making just as the country’s government grows weaker

Agreement follows détente between Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

US, EU and China compete for South American nation’s vast deposits of the critical minerals as trade tensions loom

We cannot know what the next dominant currency regime will be because all regimes are different

Poor results prompt warning that France’s traditional strength in agriculture has faded

Also in today’s newsletter: Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ spending spree and how climate change is leading to a reappraisal of the Winter Olympics

Economists can have a little marginal gain, as a treat

Rules for dining from the world’s foremost foodie economist

Central bank awaits stronger evidence that inflation is on track to fall to 2% target

Decision follows signs of stronger growth in Eurozone economy

Central bank kept its statements bland, giving no indication of any change in rates