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Valentina Romei

Economics Reporter

Valentina Romei is an Economics reporter at the Financial Times. She is the lead reporter on UK data and writes news and analysis pieces on the European and global economies. Before her current role, she worked on the FT editorial statistics desk and in academia.
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  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Property sector
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    Market drops sharply for 11th straight month in June, according to Rics

    Residential properties in Guildford
  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
    News in-depthUK tax
    What is on Rachel Reeves’ menu for raising UK taxes?

    Chancellor could extend freeze on personal thresholds or impose fresh levies on wealthy to fill fiscal hole

    Composite photo showing Rachel Reeves and a dual-axis chart
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    UK services sector
    UK services activity rises at fastest rate in 10 months

    Rebound driven by increase in domestic business and consumer spending, S&P Global says

    A waiter delivers food in a restaurant
  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    Former ONS head was allowed to act ‘without check or balance’, says senior MP

    Committee probes UK Statistics Authority’s role in overseeing Sir Ian Diamond, who resigned as national statistician in May

  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    UK house prices
    UK house prices clock biggest monthly fall in 2 years

    Nationwide says surprise drop may stem from volatility caused by end of stamp duty holiday

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    UK inflation
    Dry weather pushes up UK food inflation as harvests suffer

    Price increases in June hit highest rate in more than a year, according to British Retail Consortium

    The hand of a shopper picking fruits and vegetables at an indoor market
  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    UK economy
    UK mortgage approvals rise for the first time this year

    Data for May points to housing market recovery after end of stamp duty holiday

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    UK economy
    UK disposable income falls at fastest rate since 2023

    Rising wages in the first quarter were offset by increases in tax and inflation

    A bar chart showing UK disposable income per head between Q1 2022 and Q1 2025
  • Sunday, 29 June, 2025
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    After a tumultuous first 12 months in office, the FT looks at Keir Starmer’s record so far

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  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Foreign direct investment
    New FDI projects in the UK fall to record low

    Official data fuels concerns over Labour’s ambition to attract foreign capital to Britain

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  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Parenting and families
    Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK

    Official data shows rise in single patients and female same-sex couples opting for assisted fertility treatments

    A thermal image of artificial fertilisation
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    UK economy
    UK output price inflation hits 4-year low, survey shows

    Monthly PMI data strengthens case for Bank of England rate cut in August

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  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Will tariff pressures show up in the Fed’s preferred inflation measure? 

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

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  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    News in-depthUK economy
    UK economy risks familiar pattern as strong start to the year begins to fizzle

    While GDP growth was strong at 0.7 per cent in the first quarter, analysts forecast GDP will barely grow in the current quarter

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  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales tumble 2.7 per cent in May

    Steeper than expected drop comes amid signs that economic growth is slowing

    Shoppers carrying bags walk past store windows displaying large sale signs with discounts up to 75% off on Oxford Street, London.
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence improves on brighter economic outlook

    Sentiment buoyed by more upbeat view of country’s growth prospects, especially among the young

    Shoppers carry Selfridges bags on London’s Oxford Street
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    UK economy
    London’s productivity sinks to below pre-pandemic levels

    Capital’s lead in output per hour over other UK regions shrank between 2019-2023

    The City of London
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    UK house prices
    UK house prices fall at fastest pace in four years after stamp duty rise

    Annual house price growth halves to 3.5% in April as temporary tax relief ends

    For Sale signs in Muswell Hill, London
  • Sunday, 15 June, 2025
    UK trade
    US no longer a top growth region for UK manufacturers, survey finds

    Research highlights impact of Trump’s tariffs on transatlantic trade

    Nissan cars produced in Sunderland, north-east England
  • Sunday, 15 June, 2025
    UK house prices
    UK property asking prices post unusual fall in June

    Drop of 0.3% from May driven by declines in London and south of England

    Residential properties in London
  • Sunday, 15 June, 2025
    Markets
    Will Powell resist pressure from Trump to cut US interest rates?

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

    Jay Powell
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    UK economy
    UK economy suffers worst monthly contraction since 2023

    April’s GDP decline of 0.3% highlights chancellor’s challenge to kick-start growth

    Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England on a rainy day
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    UK public finances
    Treasury gains £500mn to pay off UK debt from Barings banker’s 1927 fund

    Windfall in form of ‘patriotic gift’ comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves strives to balance books

    The headquarters of HM Treasury
  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    News in-depthUK public finances
    ‘Jam today, pain tomorrow’: why the UK repeatedly overshoots budget forecasts

    History of optimistic official outlooks fuels concern that Rachel Reeves will struggle to achieve goal of eliminating deficit

    Montage shows Westminster against a data backdrop
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