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

The IMF is right: global economic recovery from Covid could go wrong

Better-off countries should be concerned by the north-south divide caused by the pandemic