China unveils package to boost economy as Evergrande teeters

Beijing to increase business lending and build more affordable housing, but reports say property giant has missed a key bond repayment

UK house prices remain turbo-charged without sales of healthy market

Cutting stamp duty and interest rates saved financial system from hardship but widened property wealth gap

EU launches €300bn fund to challenge China’s influence

Global gateway infrastructure strategy aims to counter belt and road initiative impact in Asia, Africa and Europe

OECD warns Omicron variant could cause severe global slowdown

Fears variant will amplify shortages, driving up inflation, or even force repeat of earliest phase of pandemic

Moderna boss predicts current vaccines may be less effective against Omicron

Stock markets dip as CEO questions efficacy but others move to calm fears about risk of serious illness

The Guardian view on the WTO talks: poor countries can’t be kept poor

Editorial: The trade liberalisation of the 1990s did not lead to higher economic growth rates. This should raise serious concerns for backers of globalisation

The Omicron variant reveals the true global danger of ‘vaccine apartheid’

Sharing vaccines with poorer countries is the right thing and the self-interested thing to do. The west needs to stop being so short-sighted

‘Wake up’: markets warn central banks to get a grip on inflation

Policymakers ‘behind the curve’ as calls grow for slow rises in interest rates and end to quantitative easing

How world’s major economies are dealing with spectre of inflation

As demand returns since initial pandemic slump, central banks need to balance recovery and rising costs

Jerome Powell nominated for second term as chair of US Federal Reserve

White House praises Republican’s ‘steady leadership’ of central bank during Covid pandemic

Climate-vulnerable countries call for help forcing high emitters to act

Those most at risk warn countries such as Australia they will lose out economically if they do not raise targets

‘Critical lifeline’ of migrant cash expected to near £600bn in total

Sum sent back home from former residents of low-income countries surpasses overseas aid and rich nations’ direct investment

A Cop26 deal was always going to be messy – just look at world trade talks

WTO talks show how hard it is to get everyone on the same page – and what goes for trade, goes for climate too

Tackling debt in poorest countries hit by ‘massive gaps in data’

World Bank says 40% of low-income countries failed to publish any figures in past two years

UK plc risks long-term stagnation and rising destitution, warns top thinktank

NIESR blames deepening malaise on economic mismanagement since 2008 amid criticism for BoE and Brexit