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As global economic uncertainty mounts, stockpiling is back
The world’s economy has managed to withstand a great deal of chaos, but new IMF forecasts show that things could get worse
Buy The Dip mantras ignore the fact that not all US market vulnerabilities have been accounted for
Beijing will seek to replicate Tehran’s playbook in the Taiwan Strait — and the global economic impact could be even worse
Governments should focus more on boosting supply and productivity
Capital-intensive industries are taking their revenge on the service sector
Scenarios that markets and policymakers hoped to avoid are now materialising
Conflict with Iran will leave deeper and more lasting scars than last year’s tariffs crisis
Damage from the conflict is already having an impact on corporate strategy
It depends on its damage to the target, potential for blowback and durability
There are lasting lessons about energy resilience to be learnt from this conflict
The UK and EU must raise their game on power security
Markets suggest the lran ramifications are likely to drag on and spread
FT writers’ predictions for the new year, from the likelihood of higher Trump tariffs to the future of interest rates and the arrival of humanoid...