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UK inflation falls by less than forecast to 3.2%, cooling rate cut hopes
Predictions for when Bank of England will start lowering cost of borrowing pushed back Business live...
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UK unemployment rate leaps to 4.2% amid fears of job cuts
Pay growth is stronger than expected, underlining dilemma over when to cut interest ratesBusiness live –...
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UK takes another step on path out of recession as GDP rises
February growth of 0.1% comes despite construction and retail being hit by wet start to yearBusiness...
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Global economic risks ‘could eclipse anything since second world war’, says JP Morgan boss
In annual letter to investors, Jamie Dimon warns ‘wars in Ukraine and Middle East could become...
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IMF warns BoE over keeping UK interest rates high due to fixed-rate mortgages
Risk of declining consumption, house price falls and defaults as tighter policy finally has impactBusiness live...
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Dysfunction and division darken the WTO’s 30-year dream of free trade
As the organisation’s anniversary nears, borders around the world are closing againWhen trade ministers gathered in...
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UK Covid takeaway habits endure as fast food calorie intake remains high
Study shows delivery apps such as Deliveroo and Just Eat still popular after pandemic boom in...
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Elon Musk backs Disney activist investor; Virgin Atlantic expects 2024 return to profit – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Disney faces criticism over alleged leaking...
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Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK did go into recession last year
Latest estimate from ONS says GDP declined by 0.3% in final quarter of 2023Business live –...
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Daniel Kahneman, renowned psychologist and Nobel prize winner, dies at 90
The Israeli-American’s first book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, was a worldwide bestseller with revolutionary ideas about...
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Longest sustained rise in people too sick to work since 1990s, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation points to legacy of Covid as it warns that near-record 2.7m people are too...
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Reeves to promise ‘decade of economic renewal’ if Labour wins power
Shadow chancellor will tell high-profile financial audience that ‘mission-led’ governments must take a lead in turbulent...
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Nearly 5,000 UK chain stores closed last year at rate of 14 a day
Pharmacies, banks and pubs retreat from town and city centres knocked by failure of Wilko last...
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Bitcoin hits new record high above $70,000; US investor ends Currys chase – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help biggest cryptocurrency rallyThe...
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The US could be facing a 2008-style financial crisis. Why does Sunak want to copy it?
The PM’s admiration for Washington’s economic model may backfire amid looming US banking and stock market...
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Kristalina Georgieva wins backing to run for second term as IMF chief
Bulgaria’s ‘eternal optimist’ in favour with European finance ministers after first five-year stint encompassing Covid and...
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UK to have first parliament in modern history with fall in living standards, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation says this will be ‘first parliament in modern history to see a fall in...
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Single parents on benefits being ‘punished’ by Tory policy pushing them to work 30-hour week
Vast majority of parents in Save the Children survey say they cannot make the new system...
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Cookie Monster and Ohio senator make odd allies in shrinkflation complaint
Democratic senator Sherrod Brown endorsed the Sesame Street star’s complaint on products getting smaller as prices...
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Tory peer calls for £10,000 ‘citizens inheritance’ for all 30-year-olds
David Willetts suggests policy would help spread wealth among millennials amid deepening inequalitiesMinisters should hand all...
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Jeremy Hunt handed tax boost as UK posts record monthly budget surplus
Analysts say figures give chancellor slightly more leeway for tax cuts before general electionBusiness live –...
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China needs to do more on ‘silent crisis’ of debt, says World Bank official
Beijing must be more ready to support countries facing distress, says deputy chief economistChina holds the...
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UK middle classes ‘struggling despite incomes of up to £60,000 a year’
Insecure jobs and high housing costs make it hard to maintain decent living standard, says abrdn...
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Buoyant UK labour market data belies rise in long-term sickness
The absence of so many potential workers is taking a toll. In a literal sense, this...