Poorest countries will be $12tn worse off by 2025 due to Covid – UN
Pandemic has added to their debts while wealthy nations limit access to vaccines, says annual report
Australian economy survived Covid better than most but recovery could slow, OECD says
Australia should consider lifting unemployment benefits and greater cuts to emissions, 2021 economic survey says
The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapse
From coffee to microchips – how the supply chain crisis is disrupting UK plc
All you need to know about who is affected and why it’s the worst supply chain crisis since the 1970s
UK trade with EU falls sharply as Brexit and Covid drive down exports
ONS figures could signal UK is losing overall competitiveness, say experts
The west must engage with the Taliban and provide financial support
The gains of the past 20 years in Afghanistan will be lost unless we keep funding social infrastructure
Recovery in global trade hit by Covid outbreaks in east Asia
Decline in exports from Taiwan combines with port closures in China and Japan to hinder growth
The pandemic-induced global slump is just part of a 20-year financial crisis
A prolonged malaise caused by deep-seated structural problems has prevented a full economic recovery post-2007, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economic editor
Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
Former England cricketer and crossbench peer will ‘bat for business down under’, says Liz Truss
Banking chiefs head for the hills in bid to leave cheap money behind
At the Jackson Hole bankers’ summit this week, the talk will be of ending quantitative easing – and this time it will be serious
European stock markets tumble on Covid support concerns
Shares slump amid signs that central banks could start withdrawing pandemic assistance
Economic recovery from Covid ‘running out of steam’ – OECD
Data collected from 38 member countries says UK among the major economies now in the slow lane
WPP revenues back to pre-Covid levels as advertising rebounds
Recovery to pre-pandemic levels at world’s biggest ad group has come a year earlier than predicted
It’s not Covid that’s damaging British trade. It’s Brexit
Report after report is reaching the same conclusion: exporters, including many in the red wall, will be suffering for a long time
Johnson may block Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker
Post-Brexit trade adviser Tony Abbott ‘heartened’ by review into takeover of Newport Wafer Fab