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The US housing ‘lock-in effect’ –quantified

...In Denmark, borrowers can even buy back their mortgage at market value. However, mortgage rates elsewhere tend to be higher, last for shorter durations, and more often are variable rates....

May 6, 2024

The Long ViewKatie Martin

Can the strong dollar be tamed?

...But one-way traffic and rapid declines are more unsettling, and can generate inflation by bumping up the cost of imported goods. Europe could be heading for this treatment....

May 3, 2024

FT Live

Business of Art

Market shifts and future growth

ReviewFT Books Essay

Can the art market be fixed?

...The reality, though, is that if the art market wants to grow, it can’t have it both ways. Before taking money from the next generation of buyers, some of their needs will have to be met....

April 27, 2024

Stuart Kirk

Relative measures can be absolutely wrong

...Plus you can end up with a ridiculous situation in which companies are praised when sales outpace emissions solely because of inflation....

April 26, 2024

Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching

Can I be fired for menopausal symptoms?

...However, problems can occur as regional lawyers can often be unfamiliar with the English legal system and some concepts, such as trusts and executorships, do not exist under French law....

May 1, 2024

Anjana Ahuja

The next critical mineral source could be volcanic soup

...Re-injection is not dissimilar to techniques used in fracking, which can induce local tremors....

May 8, 2024

FT Live

Commodities Asia Summit

Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows

Markets

Can spreads ever be too tight? Premium

...And spreads can stay tight for a long time in benign conditions. But with spreads so tight, they could double if something went wrong, which would move prices dramatically downward....

March 19, 2024

Undercover EconomistTim Harford

The alternate universe in which Tottenham are top

...Yet it doesn’t take much to produce an alternate universe in which Spurs are a winning machine....

March 1, 2024

UK economy

Bracing for the Bank of England’s forecasting review

...Which is, you know, nice. But we’re not entirely convinced this is something that can be fixed....

April 5, 2024

John Springford

Immigration can help Europe bridge the demographic deficit

...Cajoling existing European residents to work harder and longer would help, but it is unlikely to be enough to offset the ageing process....

May 1, 2024

Letter

Letter: Address financial literacy and UK can be like Sweden

...The new draft UK Listing Rules, on which the Financial Conduct Authority is currently consulting, could do much to reinvigorate the UK IPO market....

May 2, 2024

The best books of the week

Downward Spiral by John Bowers — can British politics be saved?

...Johnson, he concludes “probably was a one-off, but we need to protect the system as far as we can against any other such occupant of Number 10.”...

April 29, 2024

Toby Nangle

Singapore has lessons for countries worrying about debt

...Fiscal rules can be a useful check on explosive debt dynamics. Six of the seven sets of fiscal rules deployed by UK governments since 2010, for instance, have referenced debt stock....

March 28, 2024

Markets InsightTej Parikh

The limits of what high interest rates can now achieve

...“Hand-to-mouth” households — which have large spending commitments compared to their regular income and liquid assets — can be particularly exposed to rate risk....

May 1, 2024

John Gapper

Diamonds won’t be forever unless miners make them sparkle

...One is that provenance can be murky....

April 26, 2024

FT Live

Financial Times @COP

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LexAsset allocation

Larry Fink’s faith in the power of markets needs some tempering Premium

...But markets can be corrupted and are not fail-safe alone. The global financial crisis of 2008 was the result of unprecedented dysfunction and perversion of the mortgage securities market....

April 2, 2024

Jemima Kelly

Why pessimism is pointless — and pernicious

...But, more than that, it can be harmful, too. Pessimists might think that their doom and gloom is helpful in motivating people to act, but many studies have shown the opposite is true....

March 3, 2024

FT Magazine

Inside the Arctic Circle’s thriving dinner party scene

...“Sometimes here, you have this built-up longing to be together that can be quite sudden, unexpected and explosive at times,” Gerats told me later....

April 20, 2024

Frieze New York 2024

Performance artists defy the market

...Some pieces can be commissioned or purchased outright, often with detailed instructions outlined, but those that are ephemeral or site-specific cannot be recreated....

April 27, 2024

Special ReportBusiness School Sustainable Education

Business school teaching case study: can green hydrogen’s potential be realised?

...We know from previous innovations that progress can be far from straightforward....

April 16, 2024

LexPharmaceuticals sector

China will be a huge market for weight-loss drugs Premium

...Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster offering Wegovy is expected to be approved for sale in China this year. That would be another boost for the Danish company....

March 20, 2024

InterviewLunch with the FT

Rijksmuseum director Taco Dibbits: ‘Art can help’

...He wants “all children” to have the chance to visit, so that they can learn “not to be afraid, and to develop a critical sense....

April 5, 2024

Q&AGilts

Should I buy new or existing gilts?

...They are quoted showing the date at which the bond matures, as well as the coupon, which is the percentage of the face-value of the bond that will normally be paid in twice-yearly installments....

March 7, 2024

InterviewVisual Arts

Gallerist Aparajita Jain: ‘Big change can happen from individuals with the force of their wealth’

...“In India, every day can be quite hard, so when people have time to pause, you don’t want to make it more difficult for them.”...

February 26, 2024

Free LunchMartin Sandbu

Taking but not confiscating: getting creative with Russian state assets Premium

...Presumably, Euroclear itself would be delighted to be rid of these risks — and as a matter of industry practice, deposit portfolios can be shifted around corporate entities when banks get into trouble or...

March 14, 2024

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