All news - News archive
Overloaded website prevents UK statistics agency from releasing economic data after markets open
The release of economic data was moved to 7am in 2020, and research has suggested that if the time was reverted, the ONS website could crash
The UK’s embattled statistics agency cannot.. - source: The Guardian - 12.03.2025
Euro and pound rise against dollar amid ‘Trumpcession’ fears
US currency has lost all the gains it enjoyed since Trump won election and hits lowest level since mid-October
The euro and the pound have risen against the dollar to their highest level.. - source: The Guardian - 11.03.2025
Starmer to avoid immediate counter-tariffs if Trump puts levies on UK steel
British PM has discussed issue with president, as US trade war with Canada escalates
Keir Starmer has said he will not hit back with immediate counter-tariffs if Donald Trump imposes 25%.. - source: The Guardian - 11.03.2025
Australia’s record gold exports to US set back its case for tariff relief as Trump trade war looms
Industries across the country are bracing for the impact of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime
Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA run on gold in.. - source: The Guardian - 11.03.2025
Growth fears grip markets as US recession worries hurt the dollar – business live
Analysts warn that the idea of a ‘Trump put’ may be dead after losses on Wall Street, as US dollar hits lowest since last November’s election
Global stock markets register heavy falls as.. - source: The Guardian - 11.03.2025Valentine’s Day proves a gift for UK retailers, as consumers hold back on big-ticket items
Jewellery purchases linked to 14 February give lift to otherwise lacklustre month, British Retail Consortium says
An increase in Valentine’s Day gift-buying brought relief for retailers.. - source: The Guardian - 11.03.2025
Ontario sets 25% surcharge on US energy exports to counter Trump tariffs
Premier Doug Ford says province ‘won’t back down’ until US president retracts duties on Canada
The Canadian province of Ontario is imposing a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to.. - source: The Guardian - 10.03.2025
China’s retaliatory tariffs on US farm goods kick in, as trade war escalates – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
China also announced new tariffs against Canada last weekend, creating an early headache for new prime minister Mark.. - source: The Guardian - 10.03.2025
More support for people in ill health to stay in work ‘could save UK £1bn’
Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns against cutting benefits and calls for proactive route for 8m affected
Providing more support for people in ill health to stay in work could.. - source: The Guardian - 10.03.2025
Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear
Spain’s leftwing.. - source: The Guardian - 10.03.2025
Firms hold back on hiring amid ‘significant cost rises’, surveys say
KPMG/REC report shows decline in people being placed in roles continues, while unemployment is rising, says BDO
Companies are putting the brakes on hiring new staff amid a “subdued”.. - source: The Guardian - 10.03.2025
More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic, for better and for worse, on education, health, arts and life in the.. - source: The Guardian - 09.03.2025
‘Military Keynesianism’? Reeves faces British defence dilemma after EU spending surge
Even Berlin and Brussels are bending fiscal rules in the face of Russia’s threat. Will the chancellor still stick to hers?
As the Nobel laureate Robert Lucas quipped during the 2008.. - source: The Guardian - 09.03.2025
Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout
Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries
Britain performed worse than.. - source: The Guardian - 08.03.2025
How Trump’s dizzying jerks and jolts on tariffs are ‘freezing’ US business
As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertainty
Donald Trump declared there to be “no room.. - source: The Guardian - 08.03.2025
Justice department opens investigation into soaring US egg prices – report
Officials said to be looking at whether producers have conspired to increase prices or have held back supply
The justice department has reportedly opened an investigation into what is.. - source: The Guardian - 07.03.2025
Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’
Paolo Ardoino – head of the world’s most traded cryptocurrency, which is backed by Trump aide Howard Lutnick – claims Tether is benefitting the US
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of the.. - source: The Guardian - 07.03.2025
China’s imports hammered by trade war fears, as market sell-off continues – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has accused Washington of “meeting good with evil”, as anger over Donald Trump’s tariffs.. - source: The Guardian - 07.03.2025
Trump temporarily spares carmakers from US tariffs on Canada and Mexico
After a call with top executives at GM, Ford and Stellantis, president approves one-month exemption from tariffs
Donald Trump has temporarily spared carmakers from sweeping US tariffs on.. - source: The Guardian - 05.03.2025
Trump’s trade war could pose ‘substantial’ threat to UK economy, says Bank
Although UK may avoid tariffs, overall productivity could be impacted by tit-for-tat tariffs between economies
A full-blown trade war would pose a “substantial” threat to the British.. - source: The Guardian - 05.03.2025