US inflation ticks up as Biden puts economy at heart of re-election bid
Consumer price index rose at annual pace of 3.2% in February, up slightly from 3.1% the previous month
December 2023
Business live
Brexit car tariffs to be suspended for three years as EU protects car exports – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey calls for UK to ‘embrace AI’
November 2023
One shared dream of China and America
Letter: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco is a reminder of the history of US-China relations, writes Hugo Wong
October 2023
UK interest rates will need to stay high into 2024, warns IMF
Bond market sell-off sends UK long-term borrowing cost to 25-year high
August 2023
Biden is turning away from free trade – and that’s a great thing
Robert Reich
‘Bidenomics’ is working – which means Biden and the Democrats may win too
Robert Reich
June 2023
So what if Biden trips up? On the political stage his footwork is the fanciest seen in decades
Will Hutton
The president has outmanoeuvred his opponents again and shown that the right, both in the US and the UK, has no riposte to his brand of economics
March 2023
US banks want socialism for themselves - and capitalism for everyone else
Robert Reich
The US central bank is poised to cause untold hardship to millions of Americans
Robert Reich
October 2022
The Observer view on why a general election in Britain is now essential
The Conservatives want to foist another prime minister upon the country but they must not be allowed to do more harm
September 2022
Rishi Sunak said it was fairytale economics. That was one thing he got right
Will Hutton
The markets have no faith in the mini-budget and the British people will soon feel its effects
August 2022
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UK economy shrank in second quarter according to poll of economists – as it happened
Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as analysts weigh risk of recessions across the world
July 2022
US adds 372,000 jobs in June as growth exceeds expectations
US unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, labor department said, as jobs report indicated resilience
June 2022
Markets brace for sharpest rise in US interest rates in almost 30 years
Federal Reserve expected to increase cost of borrowing by 0.75 percentage points to curb rising inflation
March 2022
US jobs numbers beat predictions, with 200,000 new jobs added in February
Economists say that the pressure for higher wages appeared to be subsiding and labor shortages easing
October 2021
How Covid spread fear of globalisation and threatens a new world order
From China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the virus has accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky
June 2021
Business leader
GDP rises and suddenly everyone’s afraid of the big, bad inflation beast
Investors are obsessed with the idea of soaring prices, but a glance at the past decade shows there is not much to fear
February 2021
Sterling reaches $1.39 in best performance for three years
FTSE 100 posts biggest daily gain for over a month as investors buoyed up by vaccine and US economy hopes
November 2020
The 'market' won't save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system
Robert S Devine
Expecting the free market to fix global warming is like trying to pound nails with a saw
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