Why Trump tariffs will be ‘very bad for America and for the world’

If enacted tariffs will increase inflation, slow economic growth, and result in US consumers footing the bill

Labour warned tough laws against people smugglers in new bill could penalise asylum seekers – UK politics live

Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposals

European Central Bank cuts interest rates to support growth as eurozone economy stagnates – as it happened

Live coverage of business, economics and financial news as ECB cuts main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points in effort to support European economies

European Central Bank cuts interest rates after eurozone growth stalls

Reduction by quarter of a point to 2.75% aims to stimulate economy, which stagnated in last quarter of 2024

Labour’s plan for ‘growth’ won’t take off, but it will leave ordinary people behind

We used to call this ‘trickle-down economics’, and we learned a long time ago that it is a myth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian view on Labour’s growth plan: a long list but a shallow argument

Editorial: The chancellor’s measures might have some economic effect but her big speech lacked any sense of political purpose

Reeves’s growth plans ‘exactly what economy needs’ say UK business groups – as it happened

Prime minister faced MPs in Commons after chancellor backed runway expansion at Heathrow

Will Rachel Reeves’s plan for economic growth work?

The chancellor has made an assault on the barriers, but the uncertain global backdrop is out of her hands

Animal spirits: Labour want to unleash them – but what do they actually mean?

The term has Keynesian roots and was explored in a 2009 book. Problem is, it can mean very different things to different people ...

Lloyds Banking Group to close another 136 branches – as it happened

The bank says that the shift to digital banking has prompted further branch closes

Rachel Reeves backs Heathrow third runway in bid to drive UK growth

In economic growth speech, chancellor says move would make UK ‘world’s best-connected place to do business’

Australia’s underlying inflation rate falls to 3.2% to bolster case for RBA rate cut next month

Consumer price index dropped to 2.4% in December quarter, according to ABS figures released on Wednesday

Ex-Tory Brexit minister Lord Frost rejects party’s claims over Europe-wide customs scheme – as it happened

Frost says joining PEM scheme would not undermine Brexit after Priti Patel claims such a move would be a ‘betrayal’

Trump will not be ‘meteor’ blow to Irish economy, says employers’ group

Businesses should avoid panic amid fears US will attempt to repatriate jobs and taxes, says Danny McCoy

Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth

Chancellor reassures Labour colleagues that climate concerns go ‘hand in hand’ with economic ambitions