Economy

Starmer’s promise to build 1.5m home in five years will fail, warns Crest Nicholson chief

Doubts linger over Labour's housebuilding ambitions as election looms

Tories vow war on public sector waste – and Labour is on side

Collapsing productivity is costing the state dearly

Britain faces recession risk in election year, warns Bank of England

Threadneedle Street slashes growth forecasts after holding rates at 5.25pc

Why halving inflation is not enough to save Sunak’s election vows

Bank of England paints a grim picture of Britain’s economic recovery in election year

Bank of England’s interest rate warning from a hammered Eurozone

There are fears central banks may have taken their determination to tame inflation a little too far

Middle class working closest to state pension age amid surge in inactivity

Average earners forgoing early retirement as long-term sickness piles pressure on economy

Eurozone on the brink of recession

A raft of gloomy data suggests a wider economic slowdown is underway

Investor disdain for mining is threatening net zero, says Blackrock

‘Complacent attitude’ towards the sector has led to a ‘staggering’ investment gap

World faces ‘double energy shock’ for the first time in decades

Oil prices could surge past $150 a barrel if Israel-Hamas conflict escalates, warns World Bank

Why the world is drowning in debt – again

Strong and poor countries alike are buckling under the weight of indebtedness

How Britain descended into a state of total economic despair

We are more pessimistic now than at the height of the pandemic

Many critics are trying to silence people like me, says Kemi Badenoch

The Business and Trade Secretary – widely tipped to succeed Sunak – talks toilets, race and Brexit

Britain is quietly inching towards a fate worse than bankruptcy

We only have to look to the 1970s to see where unsustainable spending and debt lead us

Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’

Middle East war threatens to undermine Mohammad bin Salman’s vision for his Kingdom

World at ‘tipping point’ following government debt binges, says HSBC boss

Major economies risk being ‘hit hard’ after allowing post-Covid borrowing to balloon

Bank of England rate decision on knife-edge as economists cast doubt over jobs data

Unemployment increases to 4.2pc in the three months to August, latest figures reveal

Britain to scrap EU cap on banker bonuses in effort to boost City of London

Payouts will no longer be capped at 100pc of annual pay to increase competitiveness

The jobs to be hit the hardest as unemployment creeps up

Vacancies are dropping from last year’s peak as higher costs take their toll on employers

Banks accused of short-changing small businesses with poor interest rates

SMEs receiving ‘incredibly poor deal’ compared to bigger companies

Andrew Bailey says wages rising too fast to meet inflation target

Bank of England Governor has been criticised in the past for urging workers not to ask for big pay rises

Hunt handed £19.8bn borrowing boost ahead of Autumn Statement

Chancellor is ruling out pre-election tax cuts, citing the need to reduce public debt

‘Retail recession’ warning as sales plummet

Unseasonably warm weather deters shoppers from buying winter clothes

OBR admits ‘genuine errors’ in its economic forecasts

Latest report reveals financial watchdog missed the mark on inflation and growth

‘Horrifying’ Israel attack risks derailing global recovery, says Fed chief

Jerome Powell says policymakers are ‘proceeding carefully’ amid fears of prolonged Middle East conflict

Sunak’s inflation pledge goes down to the wire after petrol price shock

Slower-than-expected decline casts doubt over Prime Minister's key promise