US Postal Service to introduce 8% fuel surcharge on packages
Surcharge, spurred by oil price spikes due to the Iran war, is set to take effect on 26 April and run until January 2027
How to survive our doomed times? Both the experts and I have the same advice
We have two choices: be paralysed by fear or just continue with what we are doing. I know what I choose, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
ECB could raise eurozone rates ‘as soon as next month’; oil price dips on peace talk hopes – as it happened
UK inflation stays at 3% in February as petrol prices fall and food inflation eases, before Iran war drives up global energy costs
Trump’s war in Iran exposes US’s shift from a global guardian to an arbiter of chaos
The US is recklessly spreading economic havoc among global friends and foes while suffering little harm itself
‘Doge of the left’ could save UK taxpayers up to £30bn, says new green thinktank
Report by Verdant says rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance would save money that could help improve public services
UK inflation held at 3% before global energy price hit from Iran war
February annual rate in line with expectations, but Food and Drink Federation fears it is ‘calm before storm’
We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out
The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Energy price shock and interest rate rises could cause ‘pronounced’ UK recession, economist warns – as it happened
Morgan Stanley warns that UK could fall into a recession at the turn of the year, if energy prices remain high and Bank of England hikes interest rates
What levers could Rachel Reeves pull to help with rising prices?
What the chancellor could do to counter the economic impacts of Iran war, from stopping price gouging to cancelling fuel duty rises
UK manufacturers hit by sharpest rise in cost inflation since Black Wednesday in 1992
PMI figure reveals impact on economy of rise in oil prices driven by Iran war
Dow Jones Industrial Average posts best day since early February as hopes of Middle East de-escalation lift markets – as it happened
Investors are piling back into shares after US president extends Iran’s deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz, sending oil price down
Stock markets swing and oil prices fall after Trump postpones strikes on Iran power plants
European shares start to rise after US president says talks have been ‘very good and productive’
Starmer says ‘every lever’ will be explored to ease rising costs of living from Iran conflict
PM will chair Cobra meeting with key ministers and Bank of England on Monday, as experts warn of economic shock
UK mortgage interest rates expected to rise despite Trump’s Iran pause
Bank of England likely to make two quarter-point increases amid sustained rise in inflation, investors believe
HS2 firm says new steel tariffs will ‘exacerbate’ cost pressures for UK construction industry
Doubling tariffs on imported steel will raise cost of the metal when Iran war is already inflating steel and concrete prices