Organisations need to be aware of global economic fluctuations as this equips them with the right knowledge to manage risks, seize opportunities, and adapt their strategies to ensure long-term success. The FT publishes a range of premium newsletters that focus on the global economy and deliver a complete view of trends in monetary policy and economic policymaking more broadly.
Our award-winning editorial team simplifies complex events whilst offering expert opinion and analysis to aid decision-making. Access to regular email briefings means subscribers are less likely to miss out on something important and therefore are less exposed to potential risks.
In this post, we highlight 3 newsletters FT Professional subscribers should be receiving in order to develop a greater awareness of how the economy is changing, and grasp the potential knock-on effects to their services, customers, supply chains and revenue.
1. The Central Banks newsletter
Chris Giles on Central Banks is a weekly newsletter that is published every Tuesday and is an essential read for anyone who is keen to understand monetary policy. It focuses on the four big central banks - the ECB, Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan, but also covers other central banks from around the world. Anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of monetary policy will benefit from reading this newsletter because it examines the latest pronouncements from policymakers and dissects the key emerging trends in relation to central banking.
Central banks provide the foundations of a modern economy, striving to maintain stable prices and ensure we avoid financial crises. There isn't a more important building block for growth and prosperity. The newsletter will keep you informed about what central bankers are doing, thinking and saying. These are not always the same.
FT's Economics Commentator
Chris Giles spent 19 years as the FT's economics editor, and in the newsletter regularly leverages charts to dive into the latest thinking on the foundations of a modern economy. Regular briefings will help professionals understand how their economy is striving to avoid financial crises during political, economic and social instability.
Key areas covered:
- Money, interest rates, inflation and what central banks are thinking
- In-depth commentary on the big themes surrounding monetary policy
- Links to other central banking stories
2. Martin Sandbu’s Free Lunch
Milton Friedman said "there’s no such thing as free lunch" but there is a premium newsletter from the FT. Free Lunch, authored by Martin Sandbu, is an opinionated briefing from our European economics commentator that goes out weekly every Thursday.
Free Lunch acts as authoritative guide to the global economic policy debate and aims to do three things: inform readers about the most significant economic developments taking place; give them an inside view of the policy debates about how to address these challenges; and offer an expert, sometimes contrarian judgement on how those debates and policy decisions unfold.
You can sign up to this newsletter using this link. Premium subscribers in Europe receive the briefing by lunchtime to set the pace for the rest of the working day.
Martin Sandbu always makes some interesting points. Commentators like him help me understand how leaders in finance and politics are forming their opinions.
Strategy Consultant at The National Bank of Romania
Click here to see an example of the newsletter on why ‘Beijing should avoid the mistakes the west makes again and again — but it probably won’t.’
Key areas covered:
- Global economics issues and policies
- Opinion on the latest commentary and stories
- How political instability is adversely affecting growth
- Fiscal policy and the balance of trade
3. Trade secrets
Globalisation is a constantly evolving entity and as such it can be difficult to isolate the news that explains the impacts, and locate genuine insight about the complexities it brings. To help better understand the world of globalisation and trade, readers with an FT Professional Subscription have access to a curated briefing on developments and trends in global commerce.
Trade Secrets offer subscribers unique insight on what's happening around the world and appears as a newsletter on Mondays, as well as an opinion column on Wednesdays. Written by trade specialist Alan Beattie, it gives readers incisive insight into the business and politics of globalisation. Trade Secrets also covers supply chains, regulations, currencies and technologies all which have a knock on effect on the future of globalisation.
I enjoy FT newsletters and have signed up to many, for example I subscribe to Trade Secrets to learn more about trade developments and policies.
Director at DWF LAW LLP
Key areas covered:
- How trade is being used as a geopolitical weapon
- Business and politics of globalisation.
- Crucial negotiations and disputes
- Which countries, companies & technologies are shaping the new global economy
Tip: How to subscribe to newsletters on FT.com
The video below shows how FT Professional subscribers can sign up to premium newsletters such as Central Banks, Free Lunch and Trade Secrets. You can also manage all of your FT email preferences within myFT.
The premium newsletters highlighted above are curated by FT journalists, whereas myFT email digests and instant alerts help to notify subscribers of new stories related to specific topics of interest. Watch the video to find out more.
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