Michael Stothard, Paris correspondent, talks to French finance minister Michel Sapin about the problems facing the country, the strong euro and what the government’s reforms — the so-called responsibility pact — hope to achieve.
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The cost of Fed liquidity is supposed to influence rates across the board, including those charged to the non-bank sector. However, since the crisis, private collateral rates have not always followed suit. The Fed Reverse Repo facility aims to change that. The FT’s Izabella Kaminska explains how it works.
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FT Alphaville writer David Keohane talks to US short seller and founder of Muddy Waters Research, Carson Block, about his view that China will see a sharp downward trend in GDP as a result of its debt overhang, despite attempts to boost asset prices.
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The BLS reported this morning,
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 288,000 in June, and the unemployment rate declined to 6.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains were widespread, led by employment growth in professional and business services, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and health care.
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