Thursday, May 2

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.

The Federal Reserve rules out immediate rate moves,

vegan start-up Beyond Meat raises $240.6m from an initial public offering, and

US attorney-general William Barr hits back at criticism of his handling of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Plus, the FT’s political editor George Parker explains why Boris Johnson looms large over the Brexit endgame.

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