Late-November budget may affect Christmas shopping, says Aldi boss
Discount supermarket’s UK boss says potential budget measures may weigh on consumer spending decisions
UK and US line up string of deals to build modular nuclear reactors in Britain
Agreements include plan to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool with Centrica, creating 2,500 jobs, and fast-tracking UK and US safety checks
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
Bank of England urged to slow bond-selling plan to help cut record UK borrowing costs
Ex-MPC members say ‘quantitative tightening’ should be scaled back or halted entirely, saving the Treasury up to £10bn a year
As US edges closer to stagflation, economists blame Trump policies
Recent data shows stagflation, stagnant growth and price inflation, is possible as economy shaken by uncertainty
Pound dips after UK economy doesn’t grow in July; Ocado shares slide 20% amid robotic warehouses demand fears – as it happened
Economy “does feel stuck”, says Treasury spokesperson, after UK GDP is unchanged in July
UK economy flatlines in July in grim news for Rachel Reeves
Official GDP figures confirm widely expected slowdown after strong expansion in first half of the year
Stagnant GDP shows scale of challenge for Rachel Reeves at autumn budget
Chancellor calls economy ‘stuck, not broken’ but there are signs her policies have added to the UK’s economic headwinds
US economic picture weakens as jobless claims and inflation both rise – as it happened
Economists say trade war is driving up prices, as US inflation picks up in August
US inflation rises in August as firms pass Trump tariffs cost on to consumers
New CPI update shows prices increased 2.9% over the last year, but Wall Street optimistic Fed will cut interest rates
Primark owner’s boss warns Reeves not to give consumer sentiment ‘another great whack’ in budget
George Weston, CEO at ABF, also said food price inflation had peaked and would now start to ease
Starmer tightens grip on economic policy by strengthening autumn ‘budget board’
Key figures from No 10 and No 11 appointed to group include Torsten Bell, new economic adviser Minouche Shafik and comms chief Tim Allan
Housebuilder Vistry’s profits more than halve amid economic uncertainty
Fall to £40.9m in first six months of year pushes share price down, with order book lower than year ago
CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax
Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people
US created 911,000 fewer jobs through March 2025 than initially reported
Revision highlights recent concerns about the health of the labor market, and follows a lackluster August jobs report