International central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries on the New York Federal Reserve to the bottom stage since 2012, and a preliminary estimate confirmed that Eurozone inflation jumped to 2.5 per cent in March. Plus, we hear from two small US enterprise homeowners about how they’ve navigated a 12 months of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Talked about on this podcast:
Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war
The ECB’s three-pronged monetary strategy
Trump tariff tracker: US trade, markets and the economy
Listen to the FT News Briefing’s tariffs series here
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