IMF to issue downbeat outlook as spectre of stagflation looms

Fund set for a gloomy annual meeting as supply chain issues and inflationary pressures hobble global recovery

OECD deal imposes global minimum corporate tax of 15%

Accord signed by 136 countries will enable them to raise tax on sales made by multinationals within their borders

What does the Irish tax deal mean for multinationals?

Tech titans came to Ireland for its tax lures – but may now stay despite Dublin’s agreement to raise its rates

Ireland ends 12.5% tax rate in OECD global pact

Low-tax policy of past 18 years had attracted multinationals such as Google and Facebook to Dublin

Global deal on 15% minimum tax rate for multinationals edges closer

Almost 140 countries understood to be in final OECD talks on measures to stop firms moving profits to tax havens

IMF cuts global economic forecast as pandemic ‘hobbles’ growth

Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva says most serious obstacle to full recovery remains Covid vaccine divide between rich and poor states

IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva ‘faces coup plot’

Renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz says chief is victim of conservative ‘hatchet job’ using unfair report to discredit her

Fuel crisis and supply shortages are a product of the UK’s economic model

Rising prices and lack of goods are what happens when just-in-time economy collides with skin-of-the-pants government

How the supply chain crisis is affecting six big economies

From container ship queues in the US to power cuts in China, the post-Covid pickup in activity is taking a toll

‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course

From Liverpool to LA, shortages of energy, labour and transport are threatening recovery from Covid

IMF warns of global risks from unregulated cryptocurrency boom

Greater financial instability, fraud and funding of terrorism likely unless governments toughen supervision, fund says

The Southeastern train arriving on platform 3 is £25m late

Latest rail franchise to hit the buffers at least arrived at the destination via an unconventional route

OECD warns over ending stimulus policies despite inflation pressures

Top economic thinktank says recovery from the Covid-induced recession is not yet complete

Labour condemns new trade secretary for tweets rejecting climate science

Anne-Marie Trevelyan dismisses those who believe in global heating as ‘fanatics’ in resurfaced posts

Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain

The long read: Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level