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BA boss tells staff to expect redundancies because of coronavirus
Stock markets have rebounded slightly today after London and New York experienced their biggest one-day decline since 1987 yesterday.
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FTSE 100 suffers biggest one-day fall since 1987
Stock markets across the world went into meltdown today in the wake of Donald Trump’s announcement
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Economist Mariana Mazzucato on coronavirus: Government ‘are really treating it as a…war time scenario’
We’re joined by Professor Mariana Mazzucato, an economist and the Founding Director of the University College London Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, and Rain Newton-Smith – Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry.
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Trump considers stimulus options to deal with impact of coronavirus
Donald Trump has said that the coronavirus will go away and that everyone should stay calm.
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Airlines struggling as coronavirus depresses demand for travel
Airlines are struggling to cope with mass cancellations as the virus outbreaks lead to plummeting demand for international flights.
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Coronavirus: Deaths jump above 600 in Italy – as country struggles with lockdown
It’s a lockdown in a European country of a type not seen since times of war.
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Coronavirus: markets ‘pricing in risk that maybe we’re going to get tipped into global recession’ – FT’s Katie Martin
Markets ‘pricing in risk that maybe we’re going to get tipped into global recession’
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Coronavirus: shares plunge in worst day for markets since financial crisis
It’s been the worst single day fall since the 2008 financial crisis with stock markets around the world tumbling- Our Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy is inside the New York Stock Exchange.
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Can the Chancellor’s ‘levelling up’ promises be fulfilled in next week’s budget?
Boris Johnson has promised that next week’s Budget will contain measures to support businesses hit by the coronavirus .
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‘So far infection rate in UK is still very low relative to peers’ – Lord Jim O’Neill on coronavirus
Lord O’Neill is a former chief economist with Goldman Sachs.
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Coronavirus fears lead to worst week for shares since financial crisis
More than £200 billion has been wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies over the last week – as shares tumbled in their biggest weekly fall since the midst of the financial crisis.
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‘We don’t know if outbreak is contained in China’ – economist Diana Choyleva
Diana Choyleva is the Chief Economist for Enodo Economics – a macroeconomic and political forecasting company that focuses on China, and Katie Martin is the Capital Markets Editor for the Financial Times.
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Coronavirus spread triggers economic downturn fears
In a world which depends on global trade, the coronavirus is causing economic mayhem.
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World stock markets fall as coronavirus spreads
Fears over coronavirus have sent financial markets tumbling around the world.
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UK/EU ‘very far away’ as they prepare for talks – European Parliament Brexit trade negotiator
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has declared that the UK cannot expect a future trade deal with the EU to be similar to that with Canada – because it’s simply too close, geographically.