Delivery groups rush to open parcel lockers as demand surges
Some of the biggest delivery businesses said competition to secure prime locations for the lockers — which allow recipients to collect purchases when it suits them rather than wait for deliveries at ...
How fast will the ECB cut interest rates?
A quarter-point cut on March 6, which is fully priced in by the swaps market, would bring down the deposit facility rate to 2.5 per cent, the lowest level since February 2023 and 1.5 percentage points ...
Consumption risk
Interest rate futures moved sharply in response, raising the expectations of a Fed rate cut although the first is still not expected until June. The market path of US interest rates is now in line ...
Steady easing will continue at the ECB
Our base case remains that the ECB will ease a total of four times this year, extending its divergence with the US. Having cut in January we expect a further cut to follow in March, despite some vocal ...
Arrival of US tariffs set to embolden Canada’s new leader
No, not Lent — although that will be happening on Wednesday after the traditional craziness of Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Day (delete according to your nationality) on Tuesday — this is the week ...
US High School Economics class: US inflation unexpectedly increases to 3% in January
This article picked by a teacher with suggested questions is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here. Is the Fed more or less likely to decrease interest ...
New Tips ETF aims to solve the funds’ Achilles heel
Even shorter-term vehicles targeting Tips with a maturity of up to five years, such as the Vanguard Short-Term ...
Rising inflation increases Fed’s chances of higher for longer
The risks to what happens by December have risen as well, and not just those for higher for longer. Significant uncertainty is impacting consumers and businesses to the extent that it is becoming a ...
Hawk talk
Higher than expected inflation also crept into the UK in January. ONS data showed the headline CPI also rose to 3 per cent in January, above the 2.8 per cent that the market expected, and reflective ...
Too hot? Too cold? Just right?
Readers were very evenly split. On average, most thought that B — too hot — was the most likely outcome, but gave it a probability of only 1 in 3, with “stagflation” close behind. The arguments for ...
Inflation Is Stalking Trump
Consumer sentiment has turned south as high prices weigh on households. Could that crimp big pieces of the president’s ...