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Also in this newsletter: Italy’s Olympics controversies

Data shows that our global financial system is plagued with serious but often ignored imbalances

Small interventions only have a small effect

Neel Kashkari hits out at Trump adviser who criticised research showing tariffs harm Americans

The FT’s economics commentator replied to reader questions

Fiscal discipline and structural reforms are paying off

New data show midsize companies are facing soaring duty bills as president seeks to quell backlash of his policies

Policy debate is held back by unresolved contradictions in how leaders understand the economic challenge

Also in today’s newsletter: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested and Accenture monitors staff’s AI use

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government seeks to tackle grievances over living costs as Muslim holy month begins

The divergence between the British and American attitudes isn’t entirely justified

Upheaval at Davos changed calculus on finding permanent chair, according to people familiar with discussions

International concerns have mounted over the impact of the country’s economic policies

Several participants in the January meeting said they would have supported a ‘two-sided description’ for the rate outlook

Minutes from January meeting show US policymakers saw risk that price growth will remain above 2%

Kevin Hassett calls report showing US consumers and businesses are facing burden of levies ‘an embarrassment’

But it has shocked Kevin Hassett to his very core

Data increases odds of a BoE rate reduction as soon as next month

Spanish government seeks ‘influential and meaningful position’ at helm of Eurozone central bank

Also in today’s newsletter: JPMorgan plans expansion of branch network and Peru’s Congress removes the country’s interim president