Most UK firms plan to invest less in next three years, finds survey
Covid-19, risk of no-deal Brexit and geopolitical tensions are dragging down spending
World Bank calls on creditors to cut poorest nations’ debt payments
Cooperation needed to avoid turning Covid-19 into deeper economic crisis, says economist
Family fortunes of wealthy increase as super-rich ride coronavirus storm
UBS says portfolios of 77% of richest investors are performing in line with or above target
Barley industry fears it is bearing brunt of Australia’s ‘fractured’ relationship with China
Agricultural groups call for more government help to access new markets amid concerns over heavy reliance on China
Three in four UK firms unprepared for Brexit, study shows
IoD says half of companies questioned cannot fully plan for end of transition period due to lack of clarity on rules
Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery
Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands ‘immediate, substantial and permanent’ higher taxes ‘on people like us’
Covid-19 has revealed a pre-existing pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich
Governments must take seriously the human right to an adequate standard of living – or the poverty pandemic will long outlive Covid-19
Protecting 30% of planet could bolster economy, study says
Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed
Summer statement: the UK’s Covid-19 economic crisis in five key charts
Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s statement we look at public finances, economic growth, jobs, retail and the housing market
‘We squandered a decade’: world losing fight against poverty, says UN academic
Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030 ‘completely off track’, says outgoing special rapporteur, with Covid-19 likely to impoverish millions more
Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it’s the UK that’s in dire need of aid
Like Brown in 2005, Sunak plans to help the vulnerable – but the similarities end there
Global economy will take $12tn hit from coronavirus, says IMF
World Economic Outlook says UK economy is on course to shrink by 10.2% in 2020
White House scrambles to deny Trump trade adviser’s claim that China deal is ‘over’
Peter Navarro blames coronavirus for end of agreement, but is swiftly contradicted by Donald Trump, who says it is ‘fully intact’
Angela Merkel fears economic crisis is being underestimated in EU
Leaders clash over coronavirus recovery funds, with Germany pushing for swift resolution
Central banks have pumped money into the economy, but it’s no substitute for democracy
To build a fairer, greener society, mony must be made to serve the people, not the other way around, says academic Quinn Slobodian