In August the median rate of perceived inflation over the previous 12 months was 3.5%, the same as in July. Median expectations for inflation over the next 12 months increased to 3.0% from 2.9% in July, while median exp…
Not since a doomed foray into the thorny world of the transfer market has Todd Boehly had any real influence over the day-to-day at Chelsea. The American exits football as a diminished figure four years on, along with h…
Japan’s central bank has increased interest rates to a fresh 31-year high as it attempts to combat global inflation linked to the war in Iran.
Another former government minister has been hired by a controversial US AI company, this time Palantir, which has appointed Andy Burnham’s former ministerial colleague Tom Watson.
More than 1,500 academics and economists from 100-plus countries are urging global leaders to join an initiative against extreme inequality, calling current unfairness “a policy choice that can be reversed”.
Japan's central bank has raised its main interest rate to a fresh 31-year high as it continues to move away from decades of ultra-low borrowing costs and as the country faces increasing economic pressures.
The upgrade, announced in Moody’s periodic review of India on Friday, was driven by stronger private consumption, robust gross fixed capital formation, continued public infrastructure spending, signs of a revival in pri…
We are speaking less than a week after the ECB’s latest projections were published, and energy prices have already moved well above the baseline. How does this affect your outlook for inflation and growth?
Andy Burnham is under further pressure to take control of ailing Thames Water from a cross-party group of MPs who are calling for ministers to break off talks with the US hedge funds who are effectively running the comp…
Labour has been urged to lay out a credible plan for the future of British Steel, as the government spending watchdog warned of the “startling” costs of keeping the struggling manufacturer in business with no end in sig…
Europe’s largest financial technology company confirmed it had fallen victim to an impersonation scam last week
Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes
Following the publication of the Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting
China has privately asked Iran to use its influence to rein in Yemen's Houthis after Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing for help following the group's rapid military advances along the Red Sea coast, Reuters reported on T…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could access finance more easily after the FCA sets out practical steps to help.
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We are investigating potential offences by Euro Exchange Securities UK Ltd (EES).
Central bank announces surprise plan to sell billions of pounds in government bonds back to the Treasury
The SEC abruptly delayed the release of its long-previewed "innovation exemption" this week after closed-door meetings in which Nasdaq, NYSE, and Cboe leadership pushed back hard on the proposed framework. The exemption…
Speech by Steve Smart, executive director of enforcement and market oversight, at the Law Society Economic Crime Conference 2026.
The FCA and partners have taken further action against illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading in London.
At its meeting ending on 16 September 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 6–3 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Three members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%.
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
At its meeting ending on 16 September 2026, the MPC set out a multi-year path to reduce the stock of UK government bond purchases held henceforth for monetary policy purposes to zero, through annual sales of £20 billion…