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Accessibility help. Skip to navigation. Skip to content. Skip to footer. Sign In. Subscribe. Open side navigation menu. Open search bar. Financial Times. Subscribe. Sign In. myFT. Close search bar. Home. World Sections World Home Global Economy UK US China Africa Asia Pacific Emerging Markets Europe War in Ukraine Americas Middle East & North Africa Australia & NZ Most Read ECB raises rates with signal that market unrest will direct next steps European regulators criticise US ‘incompetence’ over Silicon Valley Bank collapse Emmanuel Macron to force pension reform without vote as protests sweep France US releases footage from drone intercepted by Russia over Black Sea Chechen strongman denies ill health after teenage son meets Vladimir Putin. US Sections US Home US Economy US Companies US Politics & Policy Most Read. Companies Sections Companies Home Energy Financials Health Industrials Media Professional Services Retail & Consumer Tech Sector Telecoms Transport Most Read Credit Suisse shares rally after $54bn lifeline from Swiss central bank Wall Street banks to deposit $30bn into First Republic ‘It is not cut-throat like Goldman Sachs’: SVB’s culture in focus Swiss central bank offers Credit Suisse liquidity backstop Peter Thiel had $50mn in Silicon Valley Bank when it went under. Tech. Markets Sections Markets Home Alphaville Markets Data Cryptofinance Capital Markets Commodities Currencies Equities Fund Management Trading Moral Money ETF Hub Most Read Live news updates from March 16: Big banks bolster First Republic, ECB increases rates by 50bps Wall Street banks to deposit $30bn into First Republic Sam Bankman-Fried said to have taken $2.2bn from FTX entities European regulators criticise US ‘incompetence’ over Silicon Valley Bank collapse Swiss central bank offers Credit Suisse liquidity backstop. Climate. Opinion Sections Opinion Home Columnists The FT View Lex Obituaries Letters Most Read GPT-4 is as astonishing as it is unnerving Why ‘mattering’ in the workplace doesn’t really matter Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election Credit Suisse under siege SVB’s collapse exposes the huge carry trade problem. Work & Careers Sections Work & Careers Home Business School Rankings Business Education Entrepreneurship Recruitment Business Books Business Travel Most Read Patrick Vieira on making the switch to management: ‘It’s much easier to play football’ Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’ Therapy at work: banks and law firms among those offering counselling as staff perk Why insurance markets are a game of cat and mouse FT Business books: what to read this month. Life & Arts Sections Life & Arts Home Arts Books Food & Drink FT Magazine House & Home Style Travel FT Globetrotter Most Read How Putin’s war destroyed a golden age of Russian culture Why the higher paid should work longer than the rest What a 16th-century painting says about beauty and ageing Cult Shop: guitars so good, Mark Knopfler wrote a song about them The last emperor of China and the $1mn watch. HTSI. Menu. Search. Home. World. US. Companies. Tech. Markets. Climate. 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