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Economics

24 November 2024

  • Carnaby Street with its Christmas lights on is very busy as the Christmas run up begins in 2022

    Observer business agenda
    Retailers prepare for cautious Christmas as a chill settles on consumers

  • Heather Stewart

    Economics viewpoint
    Labour could be knocked off course as it sticks to £40bn mission

    Heather Stewart
  • William Keegan

    William Keegan's in my view
    Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs

    William Keegan
  • A view of the Bank of England and the financial district, in London, September 23, 2024

    Remember the global financial crisis? Well, high-risk securities are back

23 November 2024

  • A man in wellies at his stand at an agricultural show, surrounded by farm machinery.

    ‘Sitting with their head in their hands’: farm equipment suppliers fear for impact of budget

  • Fruit aisle at a supermarket

    Energy bills, mortgages, food: will cost of living surge again under Labour?

22 November 2024

  • a container ship docked at a port

    US will unveil new export restrictions on China, lobbying group says

  • The Christmas market at Canterbury Cathedral.

    Business live
    UK private sector is contracting as firms give ‘thumbs down’ to the budget, hitting pound – as it happened

21 November 2024

  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump

    Project Syndicate economists
    Trump’s tax cuts and Musk’s Doge show they have no idea about US debt

    Jeffrey Frankel
  • man carrying bags in Bristol

    A better way to measure the nation’s wellbeing

  • The facade of the Treasury Building

    Business live
    Public sector pay rises and debt interest costs push up UK government borrowing; Bitcoin nears $100,000 – as it happened

  • Rachel Reeves

    UK government borrowing in October tops forecasts at £17.4bn

20 November 2024

  • Person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket

    UK inflation rises to 2.3%, increasing pressure to delay interest rate cut

    Figure is above Bank of England target after energy bills push up prices
  • A Ford sign.

    Business live
    Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, with Germany and the UK hardest hit – as it happened

    US carmaker to lay off 14% of its European workforce
  • People hold umbrellas as they walk in front of the Bank of England

    UK’s jump in inflation lays bare the risks ahead for Labour

    Rate cut unlikely until 2025 as energy prices blamed for stronger-than-expected inflation of 2.3%

19 November 2024

  • Solar panels on a tidal flat in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, China

    Trump tariffs are coming, but some Chinese companies may already know how to avoid them

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Retailers deserve a break – but they shouldn’t look to the chancellor for one

    Nils Pratley
  • Tesco staff prepare the shelf for meal deal

    UK retailers warn Reeves of £7bn hit from budget tax rises

  • Hand cleaning a refrigerator

    Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP

18 November 2024

  • Keir Starmer works onboard a government plane as he travels to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to attend the G20 summit.

    Keir Starmer denies budget to blame for rise in mortgage rates

    PM says budget stabilised the economy, while mortgage rates are ‘individual decisions for the banks’
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