Browsing: Economics

Andy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic shocks and years of weak growth in living standards, fuelled by underinvestment…

The UK could face some gaps on supermarket shelves this summer if disruption caused by the Iran war continues, with shortages of carbon dioxide potentially hitting…

An inflation shock triggered by the US-Israel attack on Iran could wreck a fragile global economic recovery that had been expected to gain momentum this year.With…

It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented, making realistic decisions that change as the economy changes.…

As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University in the US walked out of…

As the Lunar New Year approaches, luxury brands are returning to the Chinese zodiac despite uneven demand and subdued consumer sentiment in Asia.With the Year of…

A group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended…

The business secretary, Peter Kyle, has opened the door to bosses to influence Labour’s changes to workers’ rights, amid boardroom fears over jobs and growth.In a…

UK bond markets took fright on Friday after it emerged that Rachel Reeves had ditched plans for a manifesto-busting increase in income tax at this month’s…

Anthony Albanese has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Donald Trump to develop critical minerals projects in Australia that will never be commercially viable.When it’s laid out…