9:59am

RBA rate hold lifts Australian dollar

Bank governor says downside risks to global growth have lessened

8:06pm

Italy uncertainty keeps pressure on euro

Yen and dollar climb as investors seek havens

Global Insight from GLOBAL ECONOMY 4:33pm

ECB battles its demons as growth slows

Central bank likely to hold rates despite contraction forecast

Global Market Overview 4:10pm

Dow climbs to record levels

Sentiment improves as traders bet on continued central bank support

From CAPITAL MARKETS 3:41pm

Investors pour record sums into China

Inflows fuelled by rebounds in stock and property markets

From CAPITAL MARKETS 10:22am

China Vanke to issue its first dollar bond

Investor roadshow coincides with sell-off in developer stocks

Global Market Overview 9:38pm

Wall Street stages late rebound

Return of risk appetite reduces demand for havens

Joseph (Jay) Hooley, chairman, president and chief executive of State Street Corporation. ©Daniel Lynch From COMPANIES 6:37pm

State Street defiance goes only so far

Custody bank is trying to improve its margins

Trading Post 6:12pm

Little chance of bear squeeze on Aussie

Currency hits eight-month trough on copper slide

Indian Union Minister of Finance, P. Chidambaram, photographed during an interview with the FT at the four seasons hotel, London. ©Charlie Bibby From EQUITIES 5:39pm

India stocks hit by budget disappointment

Minister battles to convince investors his budget was not a flop

From LEX Mar 4, 2013

Bank of Japan: all in an RoE

New governor should highlight corporate efficiency

From COMMENT Mar 3, 2013

Japan: Hey, big spender

Shinzo Abe has ambitious plans to shake Tokyo out of its economic torpor but his expansionary agenda carries risks

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 3, 2013

Doubts cast on Icelandic crisis model

Policy makers say myth surrounds way collapse was handled

Global Market Overview Mar 1, 2013

Poor European data hit risk assets

Equity losses reversed after upbeat US manufacturing survey

Mar 1, 2013

Italian election pushes euro to year low

Pound falls against single currency

Trader's Diary from PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 1, 2013

Red lights flash after Italy’s elections

Investors are looking for excuses to take profits

From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 1, 2013

Coping with a weaker pound

Sterling’s slide will have serious consequences

Merryn Somerset Webb from PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 1, 2013

How capital gains tax destroys wealth

CGT disproportionately affects the well-off

From EQUITIES Mar 1, 2013

Investors ride Italy’s rollercoaster

Stalemate in Rome sparks knee-jerk reaction followed by relief

Mar 1, 2013

Sterling at two-year low against dollar

UK manufacturing data worse than expected

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