Sort of: this week will see inspections of some goods. But the hit to businesses and inflation will be inescapable When Michael Gove announced the first delay to post-Brexit checks on plant and...
Analysts say investor confidence is improving, as shares in London post their best week since last September BHP’s takeover bid for Anglo American is clever but far too low DARKTRACE’S DEC...
For first time since August 2021 people expect position to be better in a year, Paul Thwaite adds Consumer confidence is bouncing back in the UK, with people predicting a brighter financial fut...
Commerce department says gross domestic product growth decelerated to 1.6% at start of year as consumers slowed spending America’s leading stock indices came under pressure on Thursday after ...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/25/us-gdp-growth-slows
Increase in cost of crude could drive inflation up and force central banks to keep interest rates high • Business live – latest updates A serious escalation of tensions in the Middle Eas...
Green Finance Institute report said further pollution could cut 12% off GDP by 2030s The destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than ...
PM has faced scepticism over costing of his commitment to spend 2.5% of Britain’s GDP on defence by 2030 Rishi Sunak has suggested he will not “shy away” from further public spending cuts...
Wealthy nations exploit their position as the world’s bankers to siphon off hundreds of billions from the needy Developing nations have long complained that globalisation has enthroned weste...
Economists had tipped CPI growth for the March quarter of 0.8%, and an annual inflation rate of 3.5% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news ema...
ABF, which also owns Dorset Cereals, says it is not yet planning rises but it may need to import ‘quite a lot’ of grain One of the UK’s biggest bread makers has warned of potentially high...
Huw Pill warns inflation could rebound as UK business survey signals economy strengthened over last month The prospects of a summer cut in UK interest rates have receded after the Bank of Engla...
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as FTSE 100 hits alltime high of 8076 points Full story: FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts Ex...
UK’s blue-chip index reaches 8,076, surpassing previous high of 8,047 in February 2023 Nils Pratley: FTSE is still an international laggard What’s behind the FTSE 100 record high? The UK ...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/23/ftse-100-hits-record-high-shares-interest-rate-cuts
Rishi Sunak has announced that UK defence spending would be boosted to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. 'Over the next six years, we’ll invest an additional £75bn in our defence. And it will be fully fund...
Borrowers urged not to panic as banks including Barclays, NatWest and HSBC readjust cost of loans At least five leading lenders increased rates on their fixed mortgage deals on Tuesday in respo...
Government borrowed £120.7bn in the last financial year, with just under £12bn in March Jeremy Hunt’s scope for a substantial pre-election tax giveaway has been hit after the latest set of ...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/23/jeremy-hunt-tax-cuts-borrowing
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news FTSE 100 HITS RECORD CLOSING HIGH AMID HOPES OF INTEREST RATE CUTS Footsie turns 40: FTSE 100’s rise, rise and stagnation over four d...
UK’s blue-chip index ended trading at 8,023, its highest close ever, as pound falls against dollar The UK stock market has hit a record closing high, amid optimism that the Bank of England wi...
DAVID REDSHAW is staggered by Keir Starmer’s admiration for her, BRIAN HUGHES says her government created the illusion of an economic miracle, while CHARLES EL GILMAN disputes her total hostili...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/thatcher-enduring-legacy-and-most-heinous-sin
The former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal Three p...