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Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, September 16th, and this is your

F.T. news briefing. The U.S. Federal Reserve will decide this week whether to go big or small,

and Indonesia's palm oil industry warns that a new law to tackle deforestation

will mess up supply chains.

Plus, China's venture capitalists are short on cash,

leaving local entrepreneurs out of ideas.

It really was clear just how grim the environment is right now for entrepreneurs.

There's almost no incentive to launch new companies in China.

I'm Kasha Brussalian and here's the news you need to start your day. It's going to be a major week for Central Banks on both sides of the Atlantic.

First up, on Wednesday, the Fed will meet to talk about interest rates.

And at this point, it seems like the decision will be on how big of a cut to make

instead of weather to cut at all.

Investors on Friday up to their bets that were looking at a half-point cut,

rather than the bank's more typical quarterpoint.

And then over in the UK, the Bank of England will have its own interest rate party on Thursday.

Here, the picture is a little more mixed.

The GDP report from July came out last week, and the numbers were kind of disappointing. That's boosted the chances of a rate cut

by a bit. But for the most part, markets still expect that the BOE will hold rates steady. study.

China used to be one of the best places in the world for venture capitalists to invest in startups. Think of a company like Alibaba. It took advantage of China's explosive economic growth and the rise of smartphones to

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