Imports - Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Durables (Census) in the United States increased to 328.03 USD Million in March from 291.62 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Durabl in the United States averaged 220.59 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 466.18 USD Million in January of 2012 and a record low of 90.66 USD Million in May of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Dura.

Imports - Unfinished Metals Associated With Durable (Census) in the United States increased to 8613.62 USD Million in March from 6098.57 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Unfinished Metals Associated With Durabl in the United States averaged 4281.80 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 8613.62 USD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 1351.21 USD Million in February of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Unfinished Metals Associated With Dura.

Imports - Textile Supplies & Related Materials (Census Basis) in the United States decreased to 1091.78 USD Million in March from 1099.51 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Textile Supplies & Related Materials (Ce in the United States averaged 927.70 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1411.15 USD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 442.38 USD Million in September of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Textile Supplies & Related Materials.

Imports - Sulfur & Nonmetallic Minerals (Census Basis) in the United States increased to 103.33 USD Million in March from 83.89 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Sulfur & Nonmetallic Minerals (Census Ba in the United States averaged 76.28 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 215.22 USD Million in August of 2008 and a record low of 30.24 USD Million in May of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Sulfur & Nonmetallic Minerals.

Imports of Plastic Materials in the United States increased to 1380.29 USD Million in March from 1329.28 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Plastic Materials in the United States averaged 831.10 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1683 USD Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 163.14 USD Million in September of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Plastic Materials.

Imports - Selected Building Materials (Census Basis) in the United States increased to 2832.70 USD Million in March from 2828.99 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Selected Building Materials (Census Basi in the United States averaged 1845.03 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 3383.03 USD Million in June of 2018 and a record low of 493.45 USD Million in March of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Selected Building Materials.

Hospitals in New Zealand increased to 33.92 per one million people in 2018 from 33.79 per one million people in 2017. Hospitals in New Zealand averaged 35.87 per one million people from 2009 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 37.92 per one million people in 2010 and a record low of 33.79 per one million people in 2017. This page includes a chart with historical data for New Zealand Hospitals.

Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand decreased to 410778 in January from 528219 in December of 2019. Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand averaged 66091.49 from 1921 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 529255 in December of 2018 and a record low of 40 in April of 1942. In New Zealand, visitor arrivals measure the total number of overseas visitors which intended length of stay is less than 12 months. This page provides the latest reported value for - New Zealand Tourist Arrivals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Tourist Arrivals in Guatemala increased to 667205 persons in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 605133 persons in the third quarter of 2019. Tourist Arrivals in Guatemala averaged 504156.43 persons from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 667205 persons in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a record low of 368746 persons in the second quarter of 2013. This page provides - Guatemala Tourist Arrivals- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Decision by Saudi Arabia and UAE to send teams follows two-year boycott of gas-rich state

Britain is haunted by past industrial decline and the buccaneering raids of the 1980s

Foiled €15m scam for face masks shows how organised crime is ‘quick to adapt’, says Ylva Johansson

Facilities were launched with a fanfare but medics complain they lack equipment for complex Covid-19 cases 

Finance minister says QIA aims to identify opportunities as asset prices plunge

Brussels opens in-depth investigation into Hyundai Heavy and Daewoo Shipbuilding merger

World’s largest container shipping group may use strengthened balance sheet to swoop

With summer events cancelled, the focus is on how to recoup funding and audiences

Paramore frontwoman broadens her sonic palette with solo debut

French high-speed rail maker looks to bulk up in face of Chinese competition

Alstom will have its work cut out to get the Canadian group’s margins back on track, but greater scale would help it compete with industry leader CRRC

Awarding of franchises allows skeleton services to continue on Southeastern and Great Western lines

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Facebook's recent talks with the world's central bankers on its plans for a digital currency, whether the UK's challenger banks can maintain their astonishing rate of expansion, and a potential scandal at JPMorgan as three of its metals traders are charged with market manipulation. With special guest Tom Merry, managing director at Accenture Strategy.

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Swedbank admits to money-laundering failings

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There are a lot of musicals moving into London's West End right now – including "Shoes", "Million Dollar Quartet", "Betty Blue Eyes" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - and rumbling in the background is the hoo-ha in New York over "Spiderman". What is the enduring appeal of the musical? Is it more diverse than its critics imagine? And, are musicals a good thing for the theatrical landscape? Jan Dalley talks to Jamie Lloyd, director of the Donmar's "Spelling Bee", and FT theatre critics Ian Shuttleworth and Sarah Hemming. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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What's happening in the world of pop? FT critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton join Neville Hawcock in the studio to look forward to this summer's pop festivals - and to ask whether pop itself has become too backward-looking, as Simon Reynolds argues in his new book Retromania. Are we really addicted to the past? And are YouTube and now the Apple iCloud part of this trend? Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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As two recent biopics come under fire from those depicted, the FT’s arts editor ponders what compels movie-makers to embellish ‘true stories’  

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Urgent action needed to avoid human and economic catastrophe

President urged to secure rescue deal as economy ‘on verge of collapse’

‘Minerality is a character that has nothing to do with anything fruity, veggy, oaky, flowery or spicy’

Canada’s deputy PM on moving from the ‘snark’ of journalism to the ‘smarm’ of politics

Supply disruptions expected to increase as governments impose lockdowns 

The two members have proposed tougher enforcement of environmental and labour standards

K-Pop has never been more popular. However, a recent string of high profile controversies including a rape conviction and two suicides have sullied the image of the Korean cultural export. Edward White talks to Patricia Nilsson about what makes a K-Pop star, why the singers are under so much pressure, and what the industry means to the country’s economy.

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Tuesday, March 17

Governments in all large western economies took drastic measures to limit public movement on Monday in an urgent effort to arrest the spreading coronavirus pandemic while US stocks plunged despite a set of emergency measures laid out by the Federal Reserve on Sunday. Plus, an analysis by the Financial Times finds that the UK and the US have key weaknesses in their healthcare systems which could trigger a collapse if put to the test by the outbreak. 

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Finding love in a time of corona is tricky, converting activity into paid accounts is harder yet

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

Small-cap stocks underperformed large-caps throughout the bear market and rally

Plane maker’s chief warns aerospace industry in ‘gravest crisis’ as group swings to quarterly loss amid aviation collapse

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Cancelling payouts should not become a loyalty test

The baseball team’s victory in the World Series reflects the city’s wider resurgence

Work in the sector slows at fastest rate since financial crisis

Two- and five-year yields hit record lows as futures investors anticipate negative rates

As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal

Treasury reduces charge for removing cash from tax-free accounts for under-40s

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

Concerns over climate change led the chemicals veteran to dramatically transform Syngenta

Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures

The German finance minister’s proposition on EU deposit insurance are not quite what they seem