‘There’s no plan’: as instability in global bond markets rises, what are the knock-on effects?

From mortgages to inflation, concerns about the public finances of major economies have wide-reaching consequences

Deadly escalation in Black Sea attacks prompts fears of even higher food prices

Russian and Ukrainian strikes in July killed more crew than in whole war to that month, preventing grain exports

Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

Test of US rhetoric will rest on whether nations such as India, China and Russia view economic threats as credible

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength

New quotas to protect UK firms and jobs appear to be having opposite effect in products such as galvanised steel

A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports

Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb Oman

Industrial output and retail sales slump in July after one of the country’s weakest quarterly growth rates ever

Concern over impact of Iran war pushes up government bond yields in US, UK, France, Germany and Japan

Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane

Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer

Profit jump fuelled largely by unknown US refund amount as Japanese video game firm records quarterly sales drop

More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal