HMRC to close tax helpline for six months a year from April; jobs at risk as Ted Baker ‘prepares to appoint administrators’ – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Japan ends eight-year stint of negative interest rates
July 2021
Project Syndicate economists
Conditions are ripe for repeat of 1970s stagflation and 2008 debt crisis
Nouriel Roubini
Warning signs are there for global economy, and central banks will be left in impossible position
September 2020
The world's central banks are starting to experiment. But what comes next?
Adam Tooze
With the spectre of deflation looming in the wake of Covid-19, radical new policies could revolutionise the world economy, says history professor Adam Tooze
March 2020
US Federal Reserve makes emergency interest rate cut
Central bank moves to protect economy from coronavirus outbreak
January 2020
Bank of England to consider adopting cryptocurrency
BoE one of central banks weighing potential benefits amid decline of cash and emergence of Facebook’s libra
August 2019
Project Syndicate economists
Why central bankers' conventional tools are no longer working
Lawrence Summers and Anna Stansbury
Tweaking inflation targets is not an adequate response to the challenges facing major economies
July 2019
Business live
Donald Trump launches attack on China over trade 'rip-off' – as it happened
Rolling coverage of business, economics and markets as stock markets and the pound fall
June 2019
Project Syndicate economists
Critics of quantitative easing should consider the alternative
Barry Eichengreen
Political interference with fiscal policy is likelier if central banks shun QE in the next recession
March 2019
Business live
BoJ slowdown warning and weak US manufacturing add to economic worries - as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
July 2018
Business live
City watchdog to take no action over RBS mistreatment of customers - as it happened
GDP growth slows in eurozone. Dixons Carphone says 10m accounts accessed in breach. City watchdog report on RBS’s GRG business
August 2017
Global investors look to Jackson Hole for signs of how QE will end
Business live
Markets move higher as Japanese growth beats forecasts, but EU data disappoints - as it happened
July 2017
Business live
Pound falls against euro after ECB meeting; Fathom warns of UK recession - as it happened
All the day’s economic and financial news, including rolling coverage of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
December 2016
Business live
Lloyds Bank pays £1.9bn for MBNA, while UK retail sales climb - as it happened
UK bank snaps up credit card business; Japan’s central bank upbeat on economy
September 2016
Business live
Fed chair Yellen rejects Trump criticism after leaving US interest rates on hold – as it happened
US Federal Reserve expected to keep interest rates on hold
August 2016
Jackson Hole 2016: five big problems facing central bankers
Phillip Inman Economics correspondent
Japan PM launches spending programme to boost economy
July 2016
Business live
Eurozone economic growth slows, while US GDP disappoints - as it happened
Eurozone growth slow ahead of Brexit, while Bank of Japan stimulus measures underwhelm traders
June 2016
Brexit: Bank of Japan urged to free up cash for Japanese companies in UK
Central bank increases US dollar supply as PM Shinzo Abe flags continued risks, while gold rises again and metals trading suggests global stimulus expected
