The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
National Retail Federation estimates families are budgeting an average of nearly $875 for the year for shoppingSummer is drawing to a close and as parents and children get ready for a new school year, their first lesson will be in economics.Most of Dona...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The singer CMAT dances around a retail centre in a video for her new album. It is the elegy those of us who grew up in the post-Celtic tiger recession have been cravingYou wouldn’t know it to look at the tourist board ads, but the emblem of modern Ireland is probably a sh...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Once the country’s biggest real estate firm, Evergrande was worth more than $50bn at its peak and helped propel China’s rapid economic growthEvergrande, formerly ...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
In today’s newsletter: The local tax remains based on property values from 1991. Now, with services stretched, ministers face the near-impossible task of rewriting the rulesGood morning. Britain’s fiscal outlook is bleak. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves,...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Cook’s attorney said the president has ‘no authority’ and ‘lacks any factual or legal basis’ to fire the Fed governorThe Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook will sue the Trump administration over its bid to fire her over ...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Experts say undermining green protections and research funding is against the principles of economicsThree leading US economists are urging their peers around the world to push back against Donald Trump’s attack on environmental laws.In what amounts to ...
The Guardian » 4 weeks ago
Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rolloutDonald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration officials say. Outside the W...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
At 100 firms in S&P 500 with lowest median pay, executives’ comp increased by average of nearly 35% over five yearsSome of the US’s lowest-paying large firms increased their CEOs’ compensation by an average of almost 35% over five years, according to ...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Government borrowing falls to £1.1bn in July as tax receipts rise, but chancellor remains under pressureThings are also looking up in the eurozone, where new orders increased for the first time in 15 months in August, helping lift business activity.Comp...
The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is latest figure targeted by Trump administration over claims of mortgage fraudThe Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on the Federal...