Forecast of 3.2 per cent growth in 2020 would be improvement on 2.1 per cent in 2019

Once known for its resilience, the country’s fragile financial system has triggered angry protests

Emirate seeks to get grip on sector after prices fall 40% from their 2014 peak

$1.2bn eurobond maturing in March falls sharply as local lenders cash out

The country is trapped in a full-scale emergency that could unravel social bonds

London-based Ashmore bet heavily on the country’s short-term debt

Investors seeking safe haven for cash are driving a real estate boom

Finance minister says bail-in may be needed amid severe economic and financial turmoil

Bankers and investors expect rush of debt issues from the Gulf region

Countries from Jordan to Egypt will struggle to mitigate the pandemic’s economic impact

Sale of shares in state-run holding company generates income for government

Saudi Arabia’s PIF has snapped up stakes in a cruise operator, oil groups and a football club

Ignacio Galán says energy distributor’s listing highlights president’s market-friendly policies

Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote

Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms

New York listing of XP highlights transition to a new world of lower interest rates

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse

Wall Street banks that advised on record IPO snub oil group with tepid ratings

Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand

Italy-based hospital chain was only potential suitor after buyout group KKR ruled out its involvement

Decision to drive down crude price after Russia row will hit revenue

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year

Government revenues plummet as crude prices sink and private sector cuts jobs 

Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic

Former FTSE 100 group has been in turmoil over its financial arrangements for months 

Buyout groups wants a slice of the bailout and with thousands of jobs at risk, they’re hard to turn down

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans

Third of UK small businesses reported so low on cash they cannot survive longer than 2 more weeks

At least 21,000 more companies failed in March compared with the year before 

A payout passed leaves a scar on a company’s record that can never be erased 

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package

Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances

In 2008, it was decided an over-leveraged banking system must be bailed in by the private sector. Post lock-down the exact opposite is true.

Government-backed scheme designed to help smaller UK firms launches on Monday

Government to provide £617m to plug gaps in rescue package based on business rates system

Requests from small businesses estimated at £3.3bn as banks open for coronavirus support

Academy makes exemption to rule over screening films in cinemas

A woman’s life unravels spectacularly in this wildly original movie

Join FT film critic Danny Leigh for a live chat on Friday May 1 at 12pm and 5pm UK time

Sam Mendes’ powerfully immersive Great War drama; a camply cavorting Hitler in Nazi-era fable

From skiing in the high Andes to free-diving beneath a frozen Finnish lake

The Romanian director’s new film is a noirish tale built around a non-verbal language from a small Spanish island

Elizabeth Carroll’s documentary spotlights Kennedy as celebrity cook and social historian

Corneliu Porumboiu’s crime movie is a colourful tribute to noir classics