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Before taking on my new job as the FT's European macro man, I was convinced that complaints about Germany's broken economy were mostly business lobbyists' propaganda. I now looked at the facts in detail and am utterly shocked. ft.com/content/6c345c…

On the campaign trail, Trump said if re-elected "incomes will skyrocket, inflation will vanish completely, jobs will come roaring back, and the middle class will prosper like never before". US voters have bought into that pitch, but many economists do not ft.com/content/97aad0…

Great to see you Deaf School!

Didn't expect to discuss taste of Dutch tomatoes my 1st interview with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde. She told roula khalaf, Patrick Jenkins: Buy American (LNG, guns - not sure about tomatoes) to avoid trade war with with Donald J. Trump. ft.com/content/24d5d5…

JohannesBorgen Buy American - not tomatoes, though. ft.com/content/c4ddf3…

Wow. The Bundesbank crosses the river Styx. Welcome to the club, you old Ordoliberal bastion. 20 years of underinvestment but better late than never. ft.com/content/702d21…

First signs of friction emerging as Trump calls for much lower rates while Fed is far more cautious heading into FOMC meeting next week - with ⁦Claire Jones⁩ and Steff Chavez on.ft.com/40Is14P

The Trump economy: inflation versus isolationism Claire Jones FT Economics “It seems that promoting manufacturing and beating up US trade partners are goals that, for Trump, are a higher priority than the purchasing power of the working class.” ft.com/content/b3d310… via @ft

The FT's new tracker covering US trade, tariffs and the economy is live: ft.com/trump-tracker [Financial Times FT Data]

Investors aren't the only ones turning more bearish on Trumponomics. The FT-Chicago Booth quarterly poll of economics professors shows academe is also becoming increasingly concerned about the outlook for the world's largest economy. With Eva Xiao ft.com/content/30e402…

Likewise Adam Samson!

SCOOP: Trump admin urged civil servants to consider expanding Starlink's role in $42bn rural broadband scheme - in what would be a potential multi-billion dollar windfall for Elon Musk's company. with Alex Rogers on.ft.com/4iDhwpF

Martin Wolf on the economic history behind an idea that’s provoking a lot of speculation right now — Will anybody buy a ‘Mar-a-Lago accord’? ft.com/content/9fa4a7… via @ft

Moving dispatch by the brilliant @amykazmin from Fabriano, Italy’s paper-making hub that’s losing its story page by page on.ft.com/4iluUyQ

The Conference Board's survey follows UMich in pointing to rising inflation expectations among US consumers. Claire Jones wrote last week about how this presents a rising risk to the Federal Reserve -> ft.com/content/7637cd…

The FT's Claire Jones did an interview with Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed president. Here is the transcript on the ft's Monetary Policy Radar on.ft.com/43l1Wul

Great piece from Sarah Churchwell — on.ft.com/4joP8bg

Important speech from Chris Waller, who signals Fed might have to ditch 'wait and see' approach to rate cuts if Trump ends up imposing bigger tariffs. Sounds a lot less concerned about enduring impact on inflation than the rest of the FOMC on.ft.com/3RdDYdg

Good scene-setter for next week’s IMF & World Bank spring meetings from Claire Jones & Stephanie Stacey in the ⁦Financial Times⁩ 🎁👇 on.ft.com/3RUT6fM