UK economic growth slows down as Iran war pushes up energy prices

GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, but analysts warn growth is ‘likely to fade’

The Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine running

Editorial: A cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are useful

Premier of the People’s Republic of China regarded as an economic reformer who declared that the country had become ‘the factory of the world’

Mortgage and student loan balances saw ‘small decline’ with increases elsewhere, says post alongside Fed report

The International Energy Agency calls for urgent reopening of the strait of Homuz amid ongoing pressure on global oil supplies

Energy is cheaper than at its peak in late April, but gas is still nearly $1 a gallon more expensive than before the Iran war

Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities

Barclays says survey shows people feel more secure in jobs and have more leeway to spend on non-essentials

John Healey should equalise the tax break on pension savings to stop inequalities from widening

TUC will urge John Healey to order ‘root and branch’ assessment of watchdog amid claims its forecasts downplay investment benefits

Estimates for previous two months were revised down sharply but unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%

Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer

When asked to detail what would make a better life in three to five years, 60% of US adults said greater financial security