The Guardian view on Labour’s plan for growth: the missing ingredient is clearly demand
Editorial: The UK can’t continue with policies that have produced a productivity slump and record amounts of insecure work
Reform UK plans ‘don’t add up’ and costings are out ‘by tens of billions of pounds per year’, says IFS – as it happened
As Nigel Farage launches party’s manifesto, Institute for Fiscal Studies says ‘the package as a whole is problematic’
China new home prices fall at fastest rate in nearly 10 years; French political uncertainty weighs on markets – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Moody’s withdraws credit rating of Warrington council
Authority has debts of £1.8bn after years of local government funding cuts and has failed to find an auditor
Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF
Governments should use fiscal policies to atone for technology-related carbon emissions, urges report
Recovery and interest rate cuts won’t be enough to win Sunak the election
Across the EU and US, strong anti-incumbency sentiment shows voters in west are unhappy with direction of travel
Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss… goodbye and good riddance to all that
For 45 years, Britain has been blighted by Conservative ideologies that promised a path to prosperity, but achieved nothing of the sort
Struggle to damp down inflation leaves Tories’ election hopes high and dry
An improving economy was supposed to boost Sunak’s campaign. But growth is flatlining, and there is little hope of an interest rate cut this week
Caution, not grand plans, is needed if Labour is to build wealth in Britain
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will need skill and stealth to make progress amid financial and institutional adversity, writes Philip Inman, economics editor
Russian ties and cheap tech: G7 leaders unequivocal in criticism of China
Concerns set out over supply of materials with military applications, and impact of subsidies on global market
French bonds and stocks rocked by political turmoil – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Why government debt is not like household borrowing
Senior economists have complained to BBC about Laura Kuenssberg comparing Whitehall spending to taking out a credit card
US producer prices slide as inflationary pressures ease; UK housing market weakens – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Dutch lorry drivers could stop bringing goods to UK if post-Brexit delays not cut
Dutch hauliers say facilities at border posts where some trucks are held for up to 20 hours are inadequate
The era of reckless Tory economics is over. As your chancellor, I would make every penny count
Labour would restore economic growth, and crack down on the waste and fraud that ran rampant under the Tories, says the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves