Growth, inflation, jobs and central banks.
Rolling coverage of the latest and economic news, as US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001 Insurer Aviva said it is helping customers affected by the wildfires near Stourbridge in the West Midlands, but said the fires were “not material”
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Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as regulator says five companies can raise bills to pay for infrastructure for new housing and datacentres The biggest factor for the FTSE 100 ’s underperformance on Thursday morning relative
Weaker growth, rising energy costs and persistent inflation mean Britain could face tougher times in the autumn UK economic growth slows down Business live – latest updates In the spring the International Monetary Fund warned Britain faced the heaviest economi
Hot weather and the men's football World Cup boosted the economy but the Iran war may weigh on growth
GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, but analysts warn growth is ‘likely to fade’ UK economy shows surprising resilience Business live – latest updates Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, as the disruption unleashed by the Iran w
A cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are useful Japan’s yen has slid back towards 160 to the dollar, despite last month’s extraordinary US-Japanese intervention. Traders are betting tha
Premier of the People’s Republic of China regarded as an economic reformer who declared that the country had become ‘the factory of the world’ Zhu Rongji, who has died aged 97, was the fifth premier of the People’s Republic of China and one of its most effecti
Mortgage and student loan balances saw ‘small decline’ with increases elsewhere, says post alongside Fed report Credit card debt in the United States is growing close to a record high, having crept up from $54bn to $1.26tn between April and June compared with
The conflict in the Middle East has pushed up oil and fuel prices, and also disrupted supply chains.
The International Energy Agency calls for urgent reopening of the strait of Homuz amid ongoing pressure on global oil supplies Opec has lowered its full-year forecast for world oil demand growth for the fourth month in a row. The oil producing cartel said it w
Energy is cheaper than at its peak in late April, but gas is still nearly $1 a gallon more expensive than before the Iran war US consumer prices cooled slightly in July as the annualized inflation rate dipped down to 3.4%, though prices still remain higher tha
Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane Commercial ships travelling through the Panama canal are facing a rise in costs amid disruption triggered by the Iran war and falling water levels link
