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 » 2 weeks ago
After a decade helming the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina hands over to his successor this week. He explains his optimism despite the continent’s challengesThe man known as Africa’s “optimist-in-chief” faces one of his toughest challenges this year: handing ov...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Alan Taylor voted for a 0.5-point cut last month and feels recent economic figures are led by one-off factorsBusin...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
President tells Pennsylvania rally tariffs will aid workers but questions raised over nature of Nippon Steel investmentDonald Trump announced on Friday he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as the president celebrated a “blockbuster” agreement for Japan...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Fears of trade war reignited as the American president makes veiled threat on his Truth Social platformDonald Trump said the EU had been dragging its heels “to put it mildly” on sealing a tariff deal with the US, repeating his assessment that his threat of a 50% tariff on...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The Republican budget proposal is a gift to plutocrats. Democrats should clearly make the case for deficits to work for the peopleDonald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” budget ...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Annual rate of food price increases hits 2.8% driven by rising cost of fresh produce but price inflation for all goods is fallingFood inflation in the UK has risen for the fourth month in a row, figures show, driven by increases in the cost of fresh produce, including ste...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Vulnerable countries to pay record $22bn this year, mostly relating to loans issued under Xi Jinping’s belt and road initiativeThe most vulnerable nations on Earth are facing a “tidal wave” of debt repayments as a Chinese lending boom starts to be called in, a new report ...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Fund, which has been in UK assessing economy, upgrades growth forecast this year to 1.2% from 1.1%...
The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as IMF releases latest healthcheck on UK economy...