Overbaked prices? What a Greggs sausage roll and Pret meal deal say about how much Britons will pay

Food inflation pushes consumers to the limits of what they are willing to spend, costing retailers sales

London fashion week aims to restore sector’s role as UK economic powerhouse

The LFW organiser’s new boss, Laura Weir, wants to embed fashion into government thinking and lure back famous brands

UK borrowing hits five-year high for August at £18bn

Worsening public finances mean Rachel Reeves will almost certainly announce tax rises in November budget

What is quantitative tightening and how has it affected UK finances?

The Bank of England’s disposal of the bonds it bought after the 2008 financial crisis is being slowed down

US supreme court sets date to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs

Hearing on 5 November sets up major test of the president’s use of executive power to drive his economic agenda

Bank of England governor says UK ‘not out of the woods’ on inflation, after leaving interest rates on hold – as it happened

BoE votes to cut its stock of government bonds at a slower pace over the next year

UK faces years of anaemic growth amid tax and regulation burden, says Next

Retailer says economic outlook clouded by fall in job opportunities and government overspending

Bank of England holds interest rates at 4% and slows scheme to sell stock of UK bonds

Decision on government debt holdings could reduce market jitters and Treasury’s borrowing costs

Tax rises in, two-child limit out: what Resolution Foundation’s boss is urging Reeves before budget

Pensions triple lock should also go, says Ruth Curtice, a former civil servant who says it’s ‘nice to be allowed to say what you think’

Starmer banks on £150bn investment to placate critics of Trump state visit

Prime minister seeks to make best of difficult state visit by US president with package of commitments by US firms

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point, for first time in nearly a year – as it happened

Rates now stand at a range of 4% to 4.25% as reduction comes amid concern of political pressure on independent central bank from Trump

Federal Reserve cuts US interest rates for first time since December

Central bank moves to set rates at range between 4 and 4.25% but decision unlikely to satisfy Donald Trump

UK overall inflation remains at 3.8% in August, but food price growth climbs for fifth month in a row – as it happened

Food prices rise at fastest rate since January 2024 with vegetables, milk, cheese and fish going up; US Federal Reserve widely expected to cut rates later today

Taking the biscuit: consumers spend more but get less as chocolate prices rise by 15%

Poor cocoa harvests have triggered multiple rounds of shrinkflation while luxury brands struggle to make profits

UK inflation holds steady at 3.8% as fuel prices offset falling air fares

Annual August rate released as Bank of England considers holding interest rate at 4% to tackle rising prices