Interest rates are at their highest level for 14 years – even if they’re still relatively low.
Even as Ministers pledged more money to help businesses, latest figures show that total borrowing by the government is higher than expected.
Inflation fell by a whisker in August – for the first time in almost a year – thanks to the lower cost of petrol and diesel.
Inflation fell in August for the first time in almost a year thanks to a drop in diesel and petrol prices – but the cost of living is still high.
The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985. Does this mean the markets are losing confidence in Britain?
Liz Truss has named growing the economy as her first priority, but to do that she’ll need to get to grips with priority number two: getting a handle on spiralling energy bills.
What are Liz Truss’s priorities for the economy – freezing energy bills, cutting taxes, rolling back spending on infrastructure?
What will Russia’s shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline mean for Europe’s economies – and for households here?
If Liz Truss does become the next prime minister, it’s being reported that she will hold an emergency budget on 21 September – barely two weeks into the job.
Our Economics reporter Neil Macdonald joins Jackie in the studio.
Spiralling energy prices are hitting economic growth across the world – with the IMF warning the global economy is teetering on the edge of recession.
Today’s government borrowing figures were a bracing reminder to the two Conservative leadership contenders that they will face massive economic challenges.
Top of the long list of problems the new prime minister will have to address is the cost of living crisis.
After months of economic gloom and doom, there was some good news today: the economy grew by 0.5 per cent in May – much stronger than expected.
While the West has been discussing more economic embargoes against Russia, today we saw the impact of the current sanctions regime.