IMF boss says raise taxes on the rich to tackle inequality

Kristalina Georgieva calls for rethink of economic policies to better help those left behind

The Guardian view on the UK housing crisis: no plan to fix it

Editorial: We need less glorification of power and money, especially from overseas buyers, and more thought given to the wellbeing of citizens

Another groundhog year of Brexit ushers in a decade of disruption

Britain will be seeking to reboot productivity and redefine its place in a rapidly-changing world

UK minimum wage to rise by four times rate of inflation

Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time worker

A year of growth, strong markets and trade deals, they claim. And if it all goes wrong?

Brexit is going ahead, the WTO has lost its teeth and the climate crisis is worsening. But some say 2020 will be benign

The Guardian view on the Bank of England: new boss, new thinking?

Editorial: Brexit, climate change and the next recession mean central banking is in danger of becoming a failed paradigm that needs replacing

Labour’s Brexit position set MPs up to fail, says Lisa Nandy

Potential leadership candidate predicts ‘hard road back’ to power and calls on colleagues to fight a hard Brexit

Johnson will break his Brexit promises. Labour must be forensic in exposing this

The new Labour leadership should be clear about the kind of Brexit the UK needs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Labour must not just accept Brexit but embrace it

It is the only way back for the party, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian view on a workers’ party: the country needs one

Editorial: Boris Johnson will have to do more than steal Labour’s clothes. He must wear them with pride

UK manufacturing output falling at fastest rate since 2009, says CBI

Fears over election and future EU trade put sector in a tailspin, with car industry hardest hit

Labour needs to change – but it mustn’t forget what it got right

The party correctly grasped the scale of Britain’s entrenched poverty and the climate crisis, says Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation

Boris Johnson’s tax plans face squeeze as public finances worsen

OBR forecast means tax rises rather than tax cuts will be needed, say analysts

On trade wars China is playing a careful game, but it holds more cards than Trump

Beijing knows the US presidents needs at least the appearance of a thriving economy before next year’s election

Johnson’s Brexit needs to deliver economic benefits – and fast

There may be short-term boost but more cuts and deregulation will not wash in new Tory seats