The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Annual rise last month driven by higher payments for gas, electricity, water and transport in ‘awful April’Analysis: B...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Exclusive: Faster treatment via NHS in England would improve health and help people keep jobs, research findsMinisters have been told cutting waiting times for thousands of people in Britain’s mental health crisis could help employment and sav...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Bank torn between calls to cut interest rates to boost growth and need to damp down price risesUK inflation jumps higher than expecte...
The Guardian » 4 weeks ago
Loss of Moody’s triple-A rating comes amid concerns about fiscal trajectory and widening budget deficitUS government debt may come under more pressure this week after the credit ratings agency Moody’s stripped the US of its top-notch triple-A rating.Moo...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
IMF is urging countries globally to act to ease stress on public finances, sparking mainly outrage but also supportAs ...
The Guardian » 4 weeks ago
Proposed rule change could pave way for president to fire economists whose figures prove politically inconvenientSummarizing his befuddlement with numbers, Mark Twain observed that there were “lies, damned lies and statistics”.The acerbic phrase later b...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Bill will make permanent huge tax cuts to the wealthy and cost the government $4.6tn over the next 10 yearsRepublicans in Congress are trying to pass a new tax and spending bill that may e...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
US president’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has rattled the bond market and will inevitably have global consequencesDonald Trump calls his tax and spending plans...
The Guardian » 1 day ago
Labour has helped get ball rolling by lifting the bankers’ bonus cap but we have seen before how this play endsAs the old ways of turning a profit become more difficult – from assembling cars to selling soap powder – politicians of all stripes want the City to inject some...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsUS credit rating downgrade could add to pressure on governmen...