Corporate Political Donations and the Balancing Act

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/31290819-a321-496e-a995-4281198ec453

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

https://www.ft.com/content/35766dd4-7da1-4064-9e60-79a714297c5a

Uniper secures €10bn of credit as gas prices surge

https://www.ft.com/content/f8cdfafc-2ce4-4ad7-b8c4-98e6eaa6ce89

Isolated Hong Kong faces higher food prices as pandemic restrictions bite

https://www.ft.com/content/f31edc79-f7df-48d7-badf-5d074cb19afd

US companies under pressure to support voting rights push

https://www.ft.com/content/712d9e1a-68dc-451e-a094-0d7db570dfd7

Twitter Spaces: After the Capitol Riot, what role will civil unrest play  

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXPDOgrzGZ

Audio from the January 6th Capitol riot provided by CSPAN

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 

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