‘To qualify as a Vin Méthode Nature, a wine has to be made from hand-picked organic grapes’

John Ratcliffe testifies at confirmation hearing held under social distancing rules

White House group will shift to ‘safety and opening up our country again’

English football’s top division wrote to US government over Saudi’s alleged illegal screening of matches

Parents who haven’t historically claimed could now do so due to lost income

Big reforms are needed to tackle substantial problems well beyond the cost 

New chancellor Rishi Sunak would be wise to avoid slashing pension perks 

The economist has long argued that governments should spend whatever it takes. Has her time now come?

The Wall Street strategist talks about debt, lessons from losing his hearing — and his latest predictions for the world

Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact

London-listed explorer hires Citi for fundraising and advice as rivals eye acquisitions

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Guido Sandleris says it is ‘too soon’ to declare that stability has returned to peso

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

Big investors must adopt a tougher stance on balance sheet resilience

With its candidate favourite to win, Law and Justice party was insisting poll should go ahead on May 10

Georgian once mooted as next deputy prime minister, takes on top co-ordinating role

ECB chief Mario Draghi this week surprised the markets by suggesting that the European central bank could introduce more stimulus to support the global economy. His signal, at an ECB forum in Sintra, Portugal, caused a furious reaction from Donald Trump. Katie Martin discusses the US president’s intervention and the remarks that prompted this with Claire Jones and Chris Giles.

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Claire Jones, Frankfurt bureau chief and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Many of those who voted to leave the European Union live in deprived towns and cities of the UK and were disillusioned with politics. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation teamed up with a think-tank, UK in a Changing Europe, to find out what policies they would like to see to improve their lives. Andy Bounds discusses the findings with Anand Menon, one of the report's authors. Read Andy's article here

Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise Editor and North of England correspondent, and Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of the UK in a Changing Europe. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Caroline Criado-Perez won the latest Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award with her book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. She spoke to Andrew Hill, the FT’s management editor, about the consequences for women and for society as a whole of using men as the default model.

Contributors: Andrew Hill, management editor, and Caroline Criado Perez. Producers: Marc Filippino and Fiona Symon

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Monday, March 16

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and joined forces with other central banks in a bid to prevent a severe economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The FT’s Gillian Tett unpacks the sweeping measures. Plus, the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the ensuing travel restrictions have led to one of the worst months on record for the airport industry, and French industrials group Air Liquide is asking would-be buyers of its hand sanitiser unit to offer a higher sum in the wake of the outbreak. 

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Former deputy set to take over as country faces sharpest economic contraction in decades

Finance minister tells FT that government has rejected counter-offer from BlackRock-led group of creditors

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

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

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Stuart Levey, known for tough enforcement of sanctions on Iran, will head digital currency project

A collapse in demand is reducing prices even as central banks print money

Economic woes go well beyond the coronavirus crisis

Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens

Guillaume Faury tells employees in letter that lockdown threatens manufacturer’s existence

Big-name investors such as Elliott and Caxton act on concerns over debasement of money

Banning computers from ‘lock-ups’ forces rethink on how markets respond

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher

London bourse’s transformative acquisition is facing more scrutiny than expected

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment

Henrik Adam outlines ‘urgent priority’ to boost performance as he cuts 1,250 jobs

Departure comes just weeks after Moody’s cut miner’s rating to junk

Váradi echoes Ryanair’s O’Leary in upbeat outlook as low-cost airline restarts flights from Luton on Friday

Willie Walsh points out that expansion plans face bigger challenges due to coronavirus impact

Neal Froneman highlights ‘lowest payback period’ after £285m purchase

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

Country becomes first in world to halt all stock, bond and currency trading

We grew too fast, but came back stronger