Edward Luce Edward Luce from COMMENT 7:21pm

Budget battles and cuts threaten US recovery

Comment Page, pfeatures

Whatever happens at the next fiscal cliff on March 1 will subtract further from 2013 growth prospects

US POLITICS & POLICY 6:34pm

Obama pivots to immigration

Policy speech to relaunch reform push

Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - Storm clouds over hang over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. ©Alamy US POLITICS & POLICY 6:17pm

US faces fresh financial shock

‘Sequester’ could cut $1.2tn from budget as Congress digs in

US POLITICS & POLICY 4:30pm

Republicans back off from Lew battle

Geithner replacement expected to be confirmed

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 25, 2013

Ruling threatens US regulators’ decisions

Court says Obama appointments were unconstitutional

Barack Obama ©AP US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 25, 2013

Obama sets out to liberalise US politics

Defence of government and gay rights shows Reaganesque ambition

From COMMENT Jan 25, 2013

Coke: Out for the calorie count

A backlash against the group’s anti-obesity ads underscores the dilemma food and drink companies face

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 25, 2013

Budget cuts put US science to the test

FT Series: How financial pressures are affecting US research capacity

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 25, 2013

US home sales slide 7.3% in December

Overall 2012 sales record first annual gain in seven years

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 25, 2013

US derivatives deals face tax clamp

Proposal would widen mark-to-market treatment of derivatives

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 24, 2013

President’s choice for SEC has daunting task

Nominee has reputation for being straight shooter and hard worker

From ASIA-PACIFIC Jan 24, 2013

North Korea threatens new nuclear test

Pyongyang says missile programme ‘targeted’ at the US

From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

US taxes: Certain as death, complicated as hell

There is a growing consensus that the country’s unwieldy tax system is outdated and in desperate need of repair

From MULTIMEDIA Jan 24, 2013

Making a case for US tax reform

Tax revenues compared with other developed countries

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 24, 2013

Obama names White to head SEC

President chooses former prosecutor to lead financial regulator

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 24, 2013

Mumbai attack plotter jailed for 35 years

Relatively lenient US sentence will aggrieve Indian government

US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 24, 2013

US foreign policy starts at home, says Kerry

America urged to puts its fiscal house in order

From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

World is right to worry about US debt

America must face up to its responsibilities, writes Kenneth Rogoff

Jan 24, 2013

Making a big difference with a small grant

FT Seasonal Appeal: Dan McCrum reports on how charities are doing more with less in straitened times

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 24, 2013

US jobless figures fall to five-year low

Weekly volatility undermines positive trend

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