UK inflation rises to 3.3% amid biggest jump in fuel prices in more than three years
Annual March rate shows impact of Iran war, which also pushed up cost of food and air fares
Takeaway coffee sales plunge as fuel and living costs dent Australian spending. Is the economy next?
The trend has been accelerated by the US-Israel war on Iran, leaving households – and cafe owners – glum, surveys suggest
Trump’s Fed chair pick says he’ll maintain independence – but won’t say president lost 2020 election
Kevin Warsh says ‘we need to take politics out of monetary policy’ as Elizabeth Warren calls him Trump’s ‘sock puppet’
The Guardian view on the true cost of the Iran war: bombs kill – but so does the economic fallout
Editorial: There is growing international concern as the fragile two-week ceasefire reaches its Wednesday deadline. Whatever happens next, the poor will pay
Carney names broad team to advise on tense US-Canada trade talks
Conservatives and former provincial premiers among those PM names to advisory committee on economic relations
UK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9% as pay growth drops to lowest in five years
Bank of England expected to keep interest rates on hold as Iran war casts shadow over labour market
Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liability
UK jobs market was in a fragile state – even before Iran war threatened recovery
Despite surprise fall in unemployment, weak wage growth and inflation pressures put the squeeze on workers
Lord Skidelsky obituary
Economic historian and politician who was a leading authority on the life and work of John Maynard Keynes
European stock markets fall and oil and gas prices jump as strait of Hormuz ‘chaos’ worries investors – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Consumer watchdog zeroes in on Woolworths’ allegedly fake discounts as it meets supermarket giant in court
Vinegar, Tim Tams and baby rice are among the products to be scrutinised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case
Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says
Twin reports from top accounting firms underline scale of economic threat as Iran war shatters business confidence
Millions of Australians will get a $1,000 instant tax deduction under a new law – here’s how it will work
Draft legislation for treasurer Jim Chalmers’ new instant tax deduction policy lands just over a year after Labor proposed the change in the run-up to the 2025 election
Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock
As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say