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Risks from inflation and a precarious AI boom hover over stellar growth figures

Precious metal closes in on $5,000 and silver tops $100 as Trump’s shortlived tariffs threat sparks rush to safe havens

Washington’s allies are looking for a new strategy after a week that has demonstrated what some see as the risks of subordination and coercion

A US play for the island of Greenland sent shudders across global markets

Central bank technical paper comes after widespread criticism of its post-Covid performance

Japan will hold shortest-ever general election campaign period before voting next month

Manufacturing setbacks undermine company’s efforts to become US champion in advanced chipmaking

Also in today’s newsletter: Trump sues JPMorgan, and Space X lines up banks for what is likely to be the largest IPO

Dissent and forecast upgrades suggest next tightening might come soon

The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present

Elite business forum draws record attendance but US president’s foreign policy fuels tension and walkouts

Ignoring the upside can be as dangerous as discounting the downside

Sustainability of the AI-driven investment boom and China’s export machine are uncertain

A conversation with Martin Wolf at Davos on the economic faultlines ahead

Washington’s compromise has stabilised one of Beijing’s most important technology companies

Europeans criticised by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for failing to lead ‘in defending freedom’

Parliamentarians this week voted to refer the deal to the European Court of Justice

Also in today’s newsletter: new labour market data highlights the worrying number of long-term sick

The Fed is highly likely to hold rates next week with its preferred inflation measure at 2.8 per cent

Given the continued uncertainty of tariff pass-through, caution is required