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Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, September 4th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

Looks like all those interest rate rises are starting to pay off

because global growth might dip next year.

Moms are returning to the workforce at levels not seen in decades,

and the Hollywood strikes are doing major damage to California's economy.

Plus, new documents have uncovered potentially controversial shareholders in India's Adani Group.

It raises the question, were these people acting as frontmen for the Adani's?

And if they were acting as frontmen, that raises potential questions about

was market manipulation happening?

By Mark Philippineau, and here's the news you need to start your day.

When it comes to the global economy, it's sort of a mixed back.

First, let's go through the good stuff.

Global growth has exceeded the expectations that a lot of economists had this year.

That's thanks to strong labor markets and consumer demand, mostly in the US.

But new forecasts find that growth is expected to slow next year.

More economists predict that high demand will keep inflation elevated for longer,

that means interest rates will probably need to stay up there too.

Growth in the US might only reach 0.6% next year,

meanwhile you're probably not going to see anyone writing home about the UK and the Eurozone.

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