Xi Jinping’s drive for economic equality comes at a delicate moment for China

President wants to spread ‘common prosperity’ but Covid and material shortages could spell trouble

UK furlough scheme must stay for Covid-hit industries, warn unions and firms

As job subsidy programme nears its end calls are growing to target help at badly affected sectors such as aviation

Why Boris Johnson is getting resentful and paranoid about Rishi Sunak

Fear and loathing stalks Downing Street as the prime minister smarts at the growing power of his next-door neighbour

Buckle up – milkshake droughts are just the start

Firms ignored the issue of migrant labour for years, but it is possible to manage without it – at a cost

Food, beer, toys, medical kit. Why is Britain running out of everything?

Poor pay and conditions for HGV drivers and the loss of many thousands of EU workers are plunging the UKs supply chain into crisis

Wishful thinking will not close Britain’s inequality gaps

Covid has made us poorer and increased wealth and educational disparities. Optimism alone cannot fix this

Covid cases remain elevated as UK travel takes off

Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators also finds cooling inflation and supply chain chaos

The pandemic-induced global slump is just part of a 20-year financial crisis

A prolonged malaise caused by deep-seated structural problems has prevented a full economic recovery post-2007, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economic editor

Sunak’s stamp duty holiday hard to square with ’levelling up’ rhetoric

There was no need to put a rocket under the housing market. The consequences are now all too clear

As the UK economy bounces back, do we sceptics need to say we got it wrong?

Many of us have been confounded by recent figures, but the British model remains flawed

The real challenges for Rishi Sunak lie ahead despite drop in public borrowing

Analysis: sense of foreboding will gnaw away at chancellor’s Treasury team as October spending review looms

American CEOs make 351 times more than workers. In 1965 it was 15 to one

Rather than address stagnant wages for hourly workers and yawning inequality, corporations are blaming a ‘labor shortage’

Sunak’s relief over rising UK employment may be short-lived

Analysis: chancellor warns of ‘bumps in the road’ as Covid, furlough and Bank verdict loom

The Guardian view on Sunak’s task: build a society fit for industrial change

Editorial: Post-Covid, the state can help workers find new jobs in blossoming sectors when old jobs in obsolete ones wither away

Sorry, kids: house prices aren’t going to stop going through the roof

HSBC analysis gives a good half-dozen reasons why buying a house will not get easier for years – which is very bad news for most British youngsters