Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Gideon Rachman from COLUMNISTS 7:37pm

Five big events that shaped the past year

Crises in Europe and the Middle East still dominate headlines

The A-List

Europe’s leaders must deliver banking union to stay ahead of markets
– Jean Pisani-Ferry
America’s principal goal must be to revive jobs and growth before fixing the federal budget
– Robert Reich
The key question in the region is whether the US president will get serious about promoting a political settlement in Afghanistan
– Ahmed Rashid
Luke Johnson from MANAGEMENT 4:52pm

Reinvent the credit boom for businesses

Banks must end their reliance on property and lend against other assets to help industry

OPINION 7:10pm

Abe should take radicalism into power

Too timid a policy could alienate Japanese voters, writes Takatoshi Ito

OPINION Dec 17, 2012

Today’s challenges go beyond Keynes

A different kind of growth path is required, says Jeffrey Sachs

Janan Ganesh Janan Ganesh from COLUMNISTS 7:48pm

Britain suffers delusions of weakness not grandeur

Nowhere is the UK’s imagined irrelevance less true than in the European Union

OPINION Dec 17, 2012

Gaza stalemate could lead to lasting peace

A review of circumstances augurs well for a new turn in the narrative, says Abdulrahman Al-Saeed

FT Editorial
Brian Groom from COLUMNISTS Dec 17, 2012

The brighter side of Northern Ireland

Ten cheerful things to say about the region

Inside Business from COMPANIES Dec 17, 2012

ECB warned on negative interest rates

The pitfalls of such a policy would outweigh its merits

Global Insight from WORLD Dec 17, 2012

Japan’s women hold key to growth

Raising female labour participation will boost GDP, says IMF

Markets Insight from MARKETS Dec 17, 2012

Corporate credit and the lessons of CPDOs

Constant proportion debt obligation was triple-A quality rated