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Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, October 27th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

A global energy expert sees a peak in fossil fuel demand by the end of the decade,

and the US economy is still going strong.

Plus, in our US midterm election series, we're going to go to Pennsylvania

to look at how the Republican Party is making a grab for the fastest-growing voter demographic.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start today.

The head of the International Energy Agency says Russia's invasion of Ukraine will accelerate

a shift away from fossil fuels. Fatih Barol told the Financial Times he expects fossil fuels,

including gas to reach peak demand by the end of the decade.

Barol said governments are changing policies, and part to counter the fallout from Russia's

decision to weaponize its gas supplies. He says by 2030, he expects investments in clean energy

to rise to $2 trillion a year. It's more than double the amount invested annually in fossil fuels today.

The US Commerce Department is out today with the latest numbers on gross domestic product,

or GDP. A Bloomberg consensus forecast shows that third quarter GDP grew by 2.3 percent

year on year. That's after contracting in the first two quarters of the year, which many folks

consider a technical recession. The FT's Colby Smith has more.

So, these data points show that the economy really is on strong footing. One of the things we have

to keep in mind is the fact that it takes quite a long time for the actions that the Fed undertakes

to have an effect on the real economy. So, even if things look good today, it doesn't necessarily

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