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Also in this newsletter: Giorgia Meloni’s reshuffle, and new deportation rules

Read the March forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

The 2026 ranking highlights the businesses that are flourishing in uncertain times. From financial services driving growth in London to a personalised dog food brand in Italy. Plus the role of venture capital and France’s tech hub success

Have you considered simply doing less?

Maroš Šefčovič urges changes to body’s consensus-based decision-making at crunch talks in Cameroon

Private conversations come at time when Donald Trump has launched assault on US central bank

Lawmakers aim to reassure constituents that cost increases are temporary

Disruption to commodities far beyond oil and gas will have a long-lasting impact

The UK’s central bank is making a Maradona-like feint with hawkish monetary policy signals

Global disruption fuels calls for western curbs on Russian exports to be eased

Also in today’s newsletter: Democrat wins Mar-a-Lago state seat and blue-chip companies speed up debt-raising plans

Central bank chief says policymakers need time to assess ‘nature, size and persistence’ of inflation surge from Iran war

Effects of Iran war will only start to show from March

Figure comes as Middle East war has triggered a surge in oil and gas prices

Read the March forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Nations position themselves as reliable suppliers in a ‘desperate’ world

Treasury yields jump in March as investors fret Middle East crisis will ignite fresh burst of inflation

Closely watched sentiment data points to slump in business activity from Australia to Europe

The BoE’s hawkish tone clashed with the Fed’s non-committal approach at last week’s rate-setting meetings

Asian Development Bank promises funding for worst-affected nations and financing for companies in region to buy oil