How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

UK interest rate cuts unlikely this year amid Iran war – and a rise could be ahead

Markets predict Bank of England will hold rates in 2026 as bond yields soar on forecasts of prolonged conflict

Britain’s job market ‘floundering’ as companies remain cautious about hiring

Data shows labour market is still in a fragile position due to economic uncertainty, with few signs of recovery

UK must be prepared for a price shock from the Iran war

Governments are having to wake up to the fact they will have to take a closer interest in supply chains for essentials

Why an Iran war inflation shock could wreck global economic recovery

Central bankers and economists warn prolonged conflict could raise retail prices and rip up growth forecasts

Trump shouldn’t ease Russia sanctions – they are choking its economy

As the US waives its ban on India buying Putin’s oil for 30 days, Europe must bolster its own measures, such as stopping the flow of luxury cars

Investors are expecting Donald Trump to back down in the war with Iran – but what if he doesn’t?

Global markets have become inured to the US president’s posturing over the past year, but economists warn they may be ‘a little bit complacent’ in anticipating a short conflict in the Middle East

Iran war pushes oil price above $90, threatening rise in global inflation

Reports Kuwait was cutting output pushed up cost of barrel of Brent crude to highest weekly gain since Covid pandemic began

‘We’re powerless … and hoping nothing hits us’: trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates

Seafarer tells of explosions in the sky as thousands stuck on vessels after strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to shipping

Stock market falls resume as US-Israel war with Iran drives up oil and gas prices

FTSE 100 and France’s CAC down 1.5%; Germany’s DAX and Italy’s FTSE MIB down 1.6%; the Dow Jones was down 2%

Slower UK interest rate cuts likely as some mortgage providers hike rates; oil and gas prices rising again – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

‘It’s discrimination’: US Small Business Administration cuts off loans to immigrant entrepreneurs

Green card holders are now ineligible for loans through the SBA as agency carries out Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda

Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia

Reports of attack on US registered tanker in Gulf lifts crude by 3% to $84 a barrel as gas price also starts to climb

Globalisation is under threat from Iran war – and Britain is uniquely vulnerable

Economic ripples from US-Israel attacks will soon become waves, engulfing everything from energy prices to food

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain