F t s business editor andrew ichcliff johnson has been following corporate amer as response since the insurrection. He joins us now to explain why companies felt like they had to make public statements in the first place. We'll also be hosting a twitter spaces discussion about the january sixth insurrection and civil unrest in the us. You can find out more by reading our daily f t news briefing at morrowmorrow dot com, or follow us on Twitter @ftsnews.
Minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting show the US central bank gearing up for more aggressive tightening, tech stocks plummeted, Hong Kong is bracing for sharply higher food prices, and one of Germany’s biggest utilities, Uniper, has been forced to seek €10bn of financing to avoid a cash crunch. Plus, the FT’s US business editor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, talks about corporate America in the year since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.
Fed warns faster rate rises may be needed to tame soaring inflation
Audio from the January 6th Capitol riot provided by CSPAN
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