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The RBA keeps hiking interest rates – but are the rate rises actually working?
With the cash rate at a 15-year high, consumer confidence has tanked – while household spending is still growing
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Interest.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
Is punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play?
The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him
There is a manic quality to.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
Healey should ‘stay the course’ and repair UK finances, says top IMF economist
Fund upgrades UK’s GDP growth forecast for 2026 to 1.3%, but says it is likely to ‘edge down’ next year
IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF
High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks
The threat of an AI share price crash rippling out across global markets is.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’
World Economic Outlook says states’ oil stocks are low and budgets are overstretched, as it upgrades UK GDP growth forecast for 2026
Developing nations face triple shock, UN.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
IMF’s World Economic Outlook shows how a worsening Middle East crisis could affect global growth and inflation
An International Monetary Fund scenario where global oil prices jump to.. - source: The Guardian - 13.10.2026
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