Lloyds and Santander accused of providing accounts for Iranian front companies
Both banks deny helping Tehran-controlled oil firm PCC to move money in breach of sanctions
Central banks must beat inflation before cutting interest rates, says OECD
Organisation revises global outlook but warns it may be too soon to know if price pressures are contained
How UK’s new border controls will affect plants and animal imports
Today is first stage in a series of changes likely to raise costs for businesses and consumers
IMF warns Jeremy Hunt against tax cuts in budget
Lower tax levels may not be possible without extra borrowing or post-election spending reductions, says Washington-based body
Eurozone narrowly avoids recession as German economy shrinks
Single currency zone’s stagnating GDP figure will add to pressure for ECB interest rate cut
Post-Brexit trade deals: what’s been agreed and what could still come?
After negotiations with Canada hit a halt alongside those with US and India, UK has limited Pacific agreements to show for Brexit
UK ditches post-Brexit Canada trade talks; Vodafone and Three UK merger under investigation – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to give access to agricultural products
Chinese markets rally on report Beijing considering £222bn state rescue plan
Authorities could use 2tn yuan from offshore accounts of state firms to buy shares after big falls in stocks
Top hedge funds make record $67bn in profits for 2023
Profits boom at top 20 funds including TCI, Citadel, Viking and Pershing Square thanks to rebound in stock markets
New Brexit checks ‘pose existential threat’ to UK fruit and flower growers
Exclusive: NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future crops
Globalisation is not dead, but it is fading: ‘glocalisation’ is becoming the new mantra
Industrial policy such as a green growth plan is no longer a dirty word as nations realise shorter supply chains and a strategic state role are necessary
Casting their shadow: how Trump, Putin and AI dominated talk at Davos
Neither man was present at World Economic Forum where Labour impressed global business chiefs
Geopolitical tensions and AI dominate start of World Economic Forum
Ukraine, Middle East and Taiwan overshadow annual meeting at Davos, with artificial intelligence also high on agenda
Red Sea threat lays bare economic risks ahead of US and UK elections
Panic is confined to media headlines for now but Britain is as addicted as ever to Asian imports
Climate, chaos and war fill a doomy agenda at Davos
The World Economic Forum has already wrestled with pandemic and recession, but the troubles keep coming