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UK inflation pressures hits three-year high; Nobel prize for economics awarded today – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
The Fight Inequality Alliance is calling on finance ministers attending the IMF/World Bank meeting in Bangkok to consider debt.. - source: The Guardian - 12.10.2026
IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures
Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next year
John Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending experts.. - source: The Guardian - 12.10.2026
Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts warn
Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and is too small to affect prices, with the full deal unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries
Zelenskyy rejects Trump claim of.. - source: The Guardian - 11.10.2026
US’s Reagan-era economic promises return as Trump’s AI-fueled growth fantasy
‘Even if AI supercharged the economy, its impact on the government’s finances would be muted’
Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have repeatedly.. - source: The Guardian - 11.10.2026
Developing nations face triple shock from energy crisis, El Niño and borrowing costs, UN warns
UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’
Developing countries face a triple shock from the energy.. - source: The Guardian - 11.10.2026
France’s dilemma: protesters demand spending as markets require fiscal restraint
Waves of protests expose debt crisis faced by French government, but political wrangling is stalling an escape plan. Is there a way out?
Eight years have passed since rising fuel prices.. - source: The Guardian - 10.10.2026
EU ‘pulling out all stops’ with minerals projects as it tries to avert China trade war
Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné says bloc will support 46 strategic projects including lithium and rare earths plants
The EU is “pulling out all the stops” to fend off an imminent.. - source: The Guardian - 09.10.2026
Send us your questions for economist Isabella Weber on inflation and affordability
First Edition newsletter will be hosting a reader Q&A with economist Isabella Weber, a leading voice on inflation, affordability and cost of living and now’s your chance to put your.. - source: The Guardian - 09.10.2026
Oil prices fall as Trump pauses Iran attacks, China restarts fuel exports – business live
Brent crude prices fell on Friday as president Donald Trump promised not to attack Iran ahead of the US midterm elections in November
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of.. - source: The Guardian - 09.10.2026
Send us your questions on how the US economy is shaping the midterm elections
Our business, labor and consumer rights reporters will answer your questions in a live Q&A on Thursday 15 October
The US economy is top of voters’ minds ahead of the November midterms.. - source: The Guardian - 08.10.2026
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgets
The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
Soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
Millionaire tax no more? Rightwing groups lead effort to repeal Washington state law
An initiative on November’s ballot aims to overturn the 9.9% tax on earnings above $1m – who’s winning the fight?
Voters in Washington state will soon decide the fate of the.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground
If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individuals
London was once globally renowned as the “billionaires’ playground”,.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
Poland’s ‘solidarity’ push for EU energy resilience in face of Russian aggression
In the second article in a series on the Polish economy, we look at how the country is forging closer ties with its neighbours
Two miles off the coast of Gdańsk, the white steel piles of.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
Mood in trade talks said to have changed as EU member states harden demands for protection against Chinese imports
EU trade negotiators are heading to China for two days of crunch talks.. - source: The Guardian - 07.10.2026
Average five-year fixed mortgage rate hits 6% for first time in three years
Banks and building societies raise prices as turmoil in bond markets increases expectations of base rate rise
The average cost of a five-year fixed-rate mortgage has hit the 6% barrier for.. - source: The Guardian - 05.10.2026
UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures
Britain’s car industry is grappling with a “difficult trade-off” between.. - source: The Guardian - 04.10.2026
Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
The Conservatives are planning to make sweeping.. - source: The Guardian - 03.10.2026
DoJ declines to reopen investigation into former Fed chair Jay Powell
Kevin Warsh’s predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation project
The US justice department is not reopening a criminal investigation into.. - source: The Guardian - 03.10.2026