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

Other charts of the week: remote working, legal protections for LGBT+ people and trade union members’ wages

Multilateral lender founded as competitor to west has struggled to raise funds because of Russia exposure

Misleading or suppressed official figures make it hard to assess Russia’s wartime economic record but strains are evident

Meteorologists calculate the chances of the weather phenomenon that warms the surface of the Pacific Ocean

Lenders under pressure on emissions as shareholders go against board recommendations

‘Exceptional’ conditions raise fears about a hotter 2023

Chinese climate envoy joins Major Economies Forum meeting of industrialised nations

Leading nations face pressure on nuclear disarmament

The penetration of armies and spy services worldwide by extremists is a genuine threat to democracy

Prime minister is lauded abroad but cuts a polarising figure in her own country, jeopardising chances of re-election

Requests to ban books in the US rose to record highs in the pandemic

Western polities are ailing — deliberative assemblies would revivify them

This cost of living crisis is not a sudden emergency, but the latest chapter in a longer-term story of rising poverty

Investigations into Johnson’s lockdown diary spotlight the use and misuse of grand government residences

Prospect halts planned walkout while FDA suspends ballot for strike action

Canada has shown the way in connecting public support for Kyiv with investment opportunities

Western polities are ailing — deliberative assemblies would revivify them

New leadership seeks to pass reforms and capitalise on fresh focus on Balkan region amid Ukraine war

The clean energy source is generating buzz as an alternative to fossil fuels. The FT calculates that delivering it requires $20tn of investment by 2050

Time is running out to convince sceptical lawmakers to pass bill to raise borrowing limit

Western polities are ailing — deliberative assemblies would revivify them

President accepts a compromise that could anger some Democrats in the hope of avoiding economic calamity

Biden and McCarthy agree on terms to raise borrowing limit but must still convince sceptical members of their parties

New leadership seeks to pass reforms and capitalise on fresh focus on Balkan region amid Ukraine war

Sodium has a role to play at the lower end of the electric vehicle market as a substitute

Multilateral lender founded as competitor to west has struggled to raise funds because of Russia exposure

Misleading or suppressed official figures make it hard to assess Russia’s wartime economic record but strains are evident

As vocal clones of music’s biggest names go viral, the FT’s pop critic embarks on an unlikely quest to replicate his favourite singer’s voice

Subcontinent’s biggest company will help Chinese fast-fashion group return with online licensing agreement

Is AI the latest threat to livelihoods? That depends on society

The success of the DIIA app maps out a new path for the country’s economy

Plus, the Hogwarts for horologists, designer double denim and London’s most charming sandwich shop

As vocal clones of music’s biggest names go viral, the FT’s pop critic embarks on an unlikely quest to replicate his favourite singer’s voice

The cake designer on her baked beans phobia and why there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure

It was once the preserve of a privileged elite — now even arbiters of style don’t know what it is any more

In North Canterbury, a wine estate with Burgundian dreams has been battered by nightmare weather

Park hangouts used to be simple, but childhood nostalgia and disposable income have transformed them into an elaborate trend

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

I’ve helped further the illusion that it’s nice to eat outside — and for that I’m sorry

The writer’s life might best be understood as one long reply to George Orwell’s idea that only plainness can illuminate truth

The shifting US influence on world trade; Spain’s journey from Franco to democracy; Polly Toynbee’s memoir of privilege and progressive causes; a Westminster ‘bodice-ripper’ by an ex-aide to Boris Johnson; Germany’s tangled relationship with Russia; the rise and tragic fall of Tony Hsieh; Leïla Slimani’s new novel — plus Adam LeBor’s round-up of thrillers

Tired of endless books on time management? An artist and a watchmaker, no less, share wisdom about this most precious resource in modern life

Author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel on ‘Time Shelter’, the first Bulgarian book to win the prize

Alluring new stays from Kraków to Porto

You can’t say you’ve been to South Africa if you haven’t experienced the city, says the fashion designer

When its bid to be European Capital of Culture was thwarted by Brexit, the city decided to anoint itself and start partying anyway

The artist admires the flat light and subtle power of the Fens

Alluring new stays from Kraków to Porto

The London Design Biennale will address real-world problems with 3D showstoppers and virtual virtuosity

Meet the location wranglers who persuade homeowners to open their doors to film crews for TV shows such as ‘Succession’

I spotted an Omega Workshops bowl probably thrown by Roger Fry himself (unbeknown to the saleroom). Alas, it was not to be