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Bank of England and IMF bosses warn of cyber threat to trust in financial system
Kristalina Georgieva says online fraud could lead people to opt out of system and turn to ‘shoeboxes under their bed’
The heads of the Bank of England and the International Monetary.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
‘From liabilities to goldmines’: refineries eye record profits from diesel shortage
Firms turning crude oil into the ‘workhorse’ fuel stand to gain most despite economic fallout from record prices
Days after Donald Trump announced a deal to import Russian diesel into.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
Closer EU trade ties greater prize for UK than making separate deals, minister says
Exclusive: Douglas Alexander, on trade delegation to India, talks up economic benefits of joint trading arrangements with Europe
Britain will benefit from much closer trading relations with.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
Excluding UK from ‘Made in Europe’ law will hurt entire EU car industry, Mercedes boss warns
Ola Källenius says it will ‘weaken the industry on both sides’ ahead of act intended to counter non-EU competition
Locking the UK out of the EU’s flagship industrial “Made in.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
US inflation rose to 3.7% in September, figures show
Final inflation report before midterms comes as polls show widespread anger over cost of living under Trump
Republicans are entering the midterm elections with the highest rate of inflation.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
IMF sounds alarm on rising government borrowing costs – business live
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Global financial system is failing developing countries, says Ed Miliband
Wednesday morning at the IMF/World Bank annual.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
Global financial system is failing developing countries, says Ed Miliband
UK foreign secretary will call for World Bank and others to help governments trapped by hefty borrowing costs
The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, will claim the global financial system is.. - source: The Guardian - 14.10.2026
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
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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