Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets rise as US jobs disappointment fuels growth fears – as it happened
Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall
July 2024
Project Syndicate economists
Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?
Jeffrey Frankel
French market leaps amid hopes Le Pen will fall short of outright victory
April 2024
The Guardian view on globalisation’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the rich
What’s behind the record FTSE 100 high?
March 2024
Business live
Michael Gove has ‘zero sympathy’ for ‘arrogant’ Thames Water in funding crisis – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as minister says water company’s leadership has been a ‘disgrace’
December 2023
The Guardian view on globalisation: the world system risks undoing itself
Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at how the past helps us understand the dollar’s power and pitfalls
November 2023
Does Javier Milei’s dollarisation plan for Argentina make any economic sense?
President-elect’s idea is a gamble that is likely to crash an economy paying the price for mistakes of his predecessor
September 2023
Project Syndicate economists
Will the dollar keep its global dominance? The US needs to get its act together
Barry Eichengreen
The American position depends not only on relations with Russia, China and the Brics countries, but on fixing its own economic and political problems
August 2023
Why is the Australian dollar falling so fast – and what does it mean?
Some analysts believe the dollar may go below US60c, bringing joy to exporters and tourists, but encouraging further interest rate rises
December 2022
FTSE 100 ends 2022 slightly up despite global turmoil
Nils Pratley on finance
The Bank’s newfound appetite to tackle risk is welcome, if a little late
Nils Pratley
September 2022
Why is sterling falling and what does it mean for the rest of the world?
‘It’s a major concern’: how two UK firms are facing up to pound’s crash
Pound’s plummet underlines schoolboy error by Kwasi Kwarteng
What does the pound’s slump mean for the UK and its consumers?
Pound falls to 37-year low against dollar as mini-budget puts markets in spin
Japan forced to prop up yen after bank keeps to negative interest rates