Bank of England to finance UK government Covid-19 crisis spending

With lockdown likely to be extended Treasury can draw on billions in extra funds to support cashflow

Coronavirus could double number of people going hungry

Exclusive: multinationals write to G7 and G20 urging leaders to keep borders open to trade and avert global food crisis

Coronavirus jobs bailout could cost Treasury ‘£40bn every three months’

Resolution Foundation analysts estimate cost of UK’s wage subsidy scheme

UK business survey finds firms struggling to access emergency cash

British Chambers of Commerce reports firms at a ‘cliff edge’ as cash runs out with with only 1% getting government funds

Cancelling student debt was always the right thing to do. Now it’s imperative

With a global pandemic and economic depression looming, we can’t settle for half-measures. Cancel all student debt

Your money or your life? Coronavirus has sparked the latest culture war

A growing chorus of voices on the right claims that the lockdown’s threat to the economy is too high a price to pay, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Coronavirus lockdown to hit low-paid, young and women hardest, warns IFS

Low earners seven times more likely to work in sectors worst hit by shutdown, study finds

The traffic light exit strategy to free the UK from lockdown

A new economics paper suggests a red-amber-green solution to safely ease us out of coronavirus restrictions

Trust is essential in these times. But Boris Johnson is not a man to be trusted

The prime minister has shown a woeful lack of responsibility as the Covid-19 pandemic has escalated

Plagues and wars alter economic policies: but not for ever

Coronavirus has changed Britain’s social and political orthodoxies. But not every crisis results in a revolution

Sunak’s virus bailout ‘not enough’ as the flood keeps coming

Businesses from transport to steel warn they could go under unless government does more

Unemployment in US and UK ‘may be worse than in Great Depression’

Coronavirus fuelling faster collapse in jobs and business than 1930s, says ex-Bank of England rate-setter David Blanchflower

John McDonnell calls for wealth tax to pay for coronavirus measures

Shadow chancellor says the cost need to be borne by those with the broadest shoulders

‘It’s a struggle’: the small business owners trying to survive coronavirus lockdown

Many people running SMEs fear that government support offered so far might not be enough

How do countries differ in their response to the coronavirus economic crisis?

There is no right or wrong way for countries to deal with the economic impact of coronavirus – only trade-offs, says economics professor Ricardo Reis