Nvidia earnings: Wall Street sighs with relief after AI wave doesn’t crash Amid a blackout of data due to the government shutdown, the $5tn chipmaker’s report took on wider significance
UK inflation dips to 3.6% despite accelerating food price growth – as it happened Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be keeping a close eye on inflation data ahead of her autumn budget, due next Wednesday.
UK inflation eases for first time in five months to 3.6% before crunch budget Drop in October’s annual rate raises hopes of interest rate cut after Rachel Reeves’s tax and spending statement
Fall in UK inflation looks like turning point that heralds interest rate cut Rachel Reeves hints there will be budget measures to push down prices and Bank of England is likely to act
FTSE 100 in biggest drop since April as stock market sell-off continues – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares fall across Asia and bitcoin hits a seven-month low
Bond markets could force Rachel Reeves ‘to do a secondary budget’, City investor warns David Zahn of Franklin Templeton said bond yields could rise in response to chancellor’s fiscal plans and government would have to react
Trump’s focus on race backfires as voters punish economic failings The Maga base rallied on inflation and racial grievances, but stressing race over the economy is costing the US president
Japan and Switzerland’s economies contract as US tariffs hit exports; Alphabet shares jump after Warren Buffett reveals stake – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
UK watchdogs need to step in on rip-off bills, which are bad for consumers and the economy From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms are able to exploit the fact they know more than customers
‘I think the city is falling apart’: Leicester braces for a make-or-break budget In the local authority where people have the least spare cash there are hopes the chancellor will instil change
UK budget watchdog in danger of strangling economic growth, says TUC boss Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economics
AI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment? Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people
Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes? Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
Rachel Reeves plans £7.5bn tax rise in budget after U-turn on income tax rates Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up