‘Cat-and-mouse game’ pitches central bank against market forces

S&P 500 falls after Big Tech raises red flags over virus impact and US-China tensions ratchet higher

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Two experts debate the long-term impact on inflation of the Covid-19 rescue packages

Sterling under pressure from US-China angst and renewed Brexit concerns

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Stuart Levey, known for tough enforcement of sanctions on Iran, will head digital currency project

Ankara’s banking regulator acts after currency slides below level reached in 2018 crisis

Higher education should not be treated as just another business

Schools can spread infection, but long absences mean gaps in learning

Business cannot expect emergency cash without sensible conditions

Singapore’s second wave of infections and US meat packers offer cautionary tales

Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

Replacing migrant fruit and vegetable pickers is harder than expected

Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens

The government needs to address concerns over the return to normal life

Founder urges FCA to act as he presses airline to cancel multibillion pound Airbus order

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure

The pandemic has made airlines reluctant or unable to accept new jets

Aircraft maker’s chief executive says focus will be on rebuilding balance sheet post-pandemic

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding

US aircraft maker can get along fine without any bailouts

Banning computers from ‘lock-ups’ forces rethink on how markets respond

Eight-and-a-half-hour day is needlessly long, say customers

Watchdog also offers concession on post-Brexit share trading

Christian Noyer believes projects available to consumers are a way off yet

Industry bodies had been lobbying for longer postponement over fears of hit to bond markets

MEMX is hoping to disrupt the US equities market when it launches in July

Acquisition allows group to build bigger share of the $6.6tn-a-day market

London bourse’s transformative acquisition is facing more scrutiny than expected

Platforms report soaring activity after coronavirus outbreak spooks investors

UK interdealer broker forecasts low single-digit revenue growth for the year

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home

Watchdogs put 12-month extension on new margin requirements, citing coronavirus threat

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa

Charity Commission intervened over £350,000 of payments to Duke of York’s private secretary

iPhone maker says it will make county-by-county assessments as states start to ease lockdowns

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed

Tetra Pak’s innovation overtook the glass bottle but it needs to be improved

Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers

The valuation of an energy company cannot be engineered like the production of oil

Bernard Arnault’s company is the modern incarnation of La Samaritaine and Neiman Marcus

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics