Quantitative easing is under the microscope
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has said Israel and Hamas have agreed the first step in his plan for a Gaza ceasefire, and Washington wants its companies exempt from EU climate rules. Plus, Chinese customs agents are going after a wide range of US semiconductor tech, and central bankers around the world are facing criticism for a widely used monetary tool.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed first phase of Gaza peace plan
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal
China launches customs crackdown on Nvidia AI chips
The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE
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| 0:33.5 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, October 9th, and this is your FT News |
| 0:38.4 | briefing. Israel and Hamas have seemingly agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire, and the White |
| 0:43.9 | House wants Brussels to pull back on climate demands. Plus, quantitative easing is the latest |
| 0:49.9 | central bank tool to come under fire. And so certainly some economists would argue that the process was just taken way too far. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:05.6 | U.S. President Donald Trump said late last night that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first |
| 1:12.6 | part of his Gaza ceasefire plan. As part of the deal, Hamas would release the remaining hostages |
| 1:18.1 | taken on the October 7th attacks two years ago. Trump posted on Truth Social that, quote, |
| 1:23.6 | all the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an |
| 1:28.5 | agreed-upon line. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would convene his government |
| 1:33.8 | today to approve the agreement. Cutter's foreign minister also confirmed that an agreement |
| 1:38.8 | had been reached. Under the U.S. plan, the Gaza Strip would be governed by a committee of |
| 1:43.4 | Palestinian technocrats. |
| 1:45.5 | The technocrats would be overseen by an international supervisory body led by Trump. |
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