Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Tokyo’s Topix dropped 2.5% at the open, taking the benchmark index down more than 30% for the year. The move followed S&P 500 index's collapse of 12 per cent on Monday, marking the biggest one-day fall since the crash of October 1987.

The ESG spotlight has turned to how companies treat their employees, customers and suppliers

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

‘There is hardly a place on earth less suited to the age of social distancing’

Tomi Kovanen argues that investors and pundits should temper their expectations for the industry in the short term, but increase them for the long term.

The full impact of the deadly Sars-like virus that has spread across China will take time to assess. But it’s clear there will be significant damage to the region’s economies and perhaps also to the reputation of China’s leaders for failing to tackle the coronavirus early enough to prevent its spread. Andreas Paleit discusses the political and economic impact of the outbreak with Tom Hancock, recently back from Wuhan, James Kynge in Hong Kong and Sue-Lin Wong in Shenzhen.

Contributors: Andreas Paleit, companies desk editor, Tom Hancock, China consumer industries correspondent, Sue-Lin Wong, South China correspondent, and James Kynge, global China editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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As the coronavirus continues to spread, what is the risk that this will push the global economy into recession and what can central bankers and policymakers do to help avoid this? Katie Martin discusses the economic shock caused by the virus with the FT's economics editor Chris Giles.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Andrew Georgiades

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Analysts fear government’s timid fiscal response will prolong the pain

Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty

Stimulant given as ‘likely’ reason for lower infections but authorities stress health risks

US regulator cautions against using chloroquine outside of hospitals or clinical trials

Partnership that would prioritise UK could produce 100m doses by year-end if treatment is effective

Research paper published in journal Nature identifies number of alternative treatments

First country to get a vaccine could have an economic as well as a health advantage

Industry highlights bottlenecks in access to materials that are a possible Covid-19 treatment

As researchers race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, we look at efforts to ensure that the world’s poor are not left behind — and ask whether the pandemic will jolt policymakers into confronting the looming threat from antimicrobial resistance

The world needs to act now to avert the threat from antimicrobial resistance

The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community

Demand for classically defensive stocks rises as viral outbreak worsens

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

When a chart can speak 1000 words. Not all of them entirely sincere.

Singapore’s second wave of infections and US meat packers offer cautionary tales

Potential adversaries could seek to exploit vulnerabilities triggered by pandemic, warn analysts

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home

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

Remdesivir news moves markets more than economic data or Fed action

Steelmaker says more funding needed given scale and length of lockdown disruption

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

Fall could be the equivalent of India’s total annual consumption, IEA says

Nikkei 225 average drops 16 per cent over the week amid broad pandemic-linked sell-off

Shares rally this week on hopes that spread of pandemic may be easing

Viral outbreak has sped shift to online platforms, squeezing many traditional outfits

Private equity group acquires 10% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents

60 per cent decline in sales predicted in the next three months

Rick Bright’s lawyers say federal investigators recommend he be reinstated during probe

Hiscox expects $150m of claims while Beazley expects to pay out $170m

DIY investors and those in pensions drawdown scramble to adapt as stock markets plunge 

Investors encouraged to take time before making any changes to their retirement plans

Sector across region hit by fears of panicked mass withdrawals due to pandemic