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Country’s precarious fiscal situation needs more than noisy rhetoric to keep creditors at bay
Javier Milei’s election as president puts the EU-Mercosur deal and the whole direction of South American trade in doubt
Also in today’s newsletter, radical libertarian wins in Argentina and Israeli hostage release nears
US retailers’ results show mild but uneven decline in growth
Negotiations over pact have dragged on for decades
Multinationals are setting up global capability centres as they seek to bring technology in house
British chancellor’s speech will focus on growth ahead of the run-up to the general election
The past two years have seen the largest drop in the nation’s share of global GDP since the Mao era
Turkey and other food costs are also down, while petrol price is lowest since January
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Chancellor seeks to make room in finances for tax cuts after inflation fell to 4.6% in October
EU believes ramping up pressure on Beijing is the only way to tackle huge bilateral trade deficit
Spending has defied inflation but shoppers are showing more caution about buying big-ticket items
Weak economic data have added to investors’ conviction on ECB and BoE moves next year
Soft US inflation data has convinced the market that the Fed will not lift its borrowing benchmark next month
Also in this newsletter: British retail sales, Xi Jinping’s standing ovation and Samsung faces legal troubles
Central bank chief Joachim Nagel’s position at odds with other ECB policymakers
Inflation is falling, but bad vibes will be harder to shift than politicians had hoped
Figures contrast with expectations of a rise and send gilt yields lower
Also in today’s newsletter, Lagarde calls for ‘European SEC’ and IBM pulls ads from X
Building society warns customers under pressure though defaults lower than expected
What to do when r - g = 0
Most of the time, higher government debt levels have been associated with lower yields, not higher
Locals in north-east Scotland say the billions poured into wind power have bypassed the community
A quest for evidence supporting this theory has had mixed success
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