UK to challenge EU over ‘devastating’ plans to almost halve tariff-free steel import quotas
Business secretary to meet European counterpart on Friday as EU industry leaders worry about retaliatory measures by UK
‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the Global Justice Report is far more bleak
A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how
Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab
Trump threatens tariffs on 60 trading partners including UK and Canada over ‘forced labour’
Proposal for 10-12.5% levies, to also include EU, Taiwan and Australia, would allow US president to skirt court-imposed limits
OECD predicts spate of recessions globally if Iran conflict drags into 2027
Policy forum lays out ‘prolonged disruption’ scenario in which world’s GDP falls to 2.1% this year from 3.4% in 2025
Alphabet’s shares drop after announcing $80bn share sale, as AI threatens to drive up youth unemployment – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Orbán’s oligarchs on edge as Hungary poised to launch wealth tax
New PM Péter Magyar calls policy a sign of ‘social justice’ after years of political loyalty being rewarded with economic opportunity
Despite what the UK right will tell you, appeasing bond markets has actually led to instability
Austerity has benefitted bond traders but impoverished UK society and led to the rise of populism. Is it right that we carry on adhering to their interests, asks Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Ex-Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sounds alarm over political interference
Powell says central bank has been facing ‘stress test’ under Trump, as supreme court weighs decision on Fed governor that president tried to fire
Oil price rises to $97 a barrel as ‘Iran stops exchanging messages with US’ – as it happened
British house prices fell 0.6% in May, leaving them 1.7% higher than a year earlier, Nationwide reports
The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems
Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU
‘I want my life back’: drugs shortages lay bare economic impact of diamond crash in Botswana
Healthcare should be free but lack of essential supplies has led to patients being told to buy their own medicines
Inflation won Trump the presidency, but could cost him the midterms
Trump’s pursuit of policies that drive up prices, including tariffs and war, might be punished in November’s elections
Bank of England’s Bailey says no rush to raise interest rates amid Iran war uncertainty
Inflation can be tolerated above 2% target for now ‘given context of softness in real economy’, governor says
Labour poised for fresh welfare changes after scale of youth jobs crisis revealed
Alan Milburn’s landmark report says unemployment among young costs UK £125bn a year and warns of ‘lost generation’