UK interest rates need to stay higher for longer to beat inflation, says IMF
US Fed will also have to raise rates more aggressively than forecast, says Washington-based body
Share of EU trade for English and Welsh factories falls despite global trade boom
Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands
Australian grain growers locking in surging prices following collapse of Black Sea deal
Russia’s end to Ukrainian grain export deal set to benefit local farmers during their fourth consecutive year of healthy harvests
Grain prices rise after Russian pullout of Black Sea deal sparks food crisis fears
Moscow criticised as concern grows about impact of climbing agricultural commodity prices on poorer countries
UN agency pushes for debt repayment breaks as poverty rates rocket
Estimated 25 low-income countries spent more than 20% of their revenues on debt servicing last year
Economic ‘headwinds’ lead IEA to cut global oil demand forecast
International Energy Agency still expects a record high this year, but for growth to be lower than thought
FTSE 100 marks best day of 2023 as US inflation falls to 3%
‘Not too early to start chilling the champagne,’ says one analyst as traders toast drop in consumer inflation
The planet heats, the world economy cools – the real global recession is ecological
Governments focus on the climate when they have few other economic worries. That can no longer be the case
Weaker competition blamed for higher petrol and diesel prices; MPs blast ‘measly’ savings rates – as it happened
Government pledges to expose ‘rip-off’ fuel retailers, after inquiry finds declining competition between retailers led to higher prices at the pumps
Corporate profits drove up prices last year, says ECB president
Christine Lagarde says without a shift in corporate behaviour, interest rates will need to stay higher for longer
Governments advised to cut public spending or raise taxes to curb inflation
Bank of International Settlements warns that economies, such as in the UK, need policies to cool price growth
The Guardian view on Macron’s green finance deal: save lives, not profits
Editorial: The Paris conference shows the climate crisis is no time for the tranquillising drug of gradualism
World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis
Move at Paris summit on global finance will only apply to repayments on new loans
Are debt-for-nature swaps the way forward for conservation?
Agreements to reduce developing countries’ debt burden in exchange for spending on nature will be on the agenda at a finance summit in Paris this week
Paris talks to focus on funding poor countries to tackle climate crisis
World leaders will meet next week to discuss climate finance, green growth, debt and private investment