Search results for ‘economic crisis’
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Inside Lebanon’s crisis: why families are fleeing to Europe (Dubbed)
There’s been no president for a year, political deadlock in parliament and banks have stopped people from withdrawing their own money.
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Silicon Valley Bank: Is this the start of a global banking crisis?
Our economics reporter Neil Macdonald explains the wider impact of Silicon Valley Bank.
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UK warned of ‘tough road ahead’ despite economic growth
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that the UK economy faces a “tough road ahead” even though GDP figures released today showed a slight rebound in October.
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Cost of living crisis: stealing the basics to survive
As Rishi Sunak begins the challenge of tackling Britain’s economic crisis, new data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that the most basic supermarket items have risen by nearly two thirds in just a year. In the struggle to put food on the table – some shops are reporting a rise in the…
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Cost of living crisis explained: Food prices push UK inflation to 40-year high
With inflation still rising and economic policy switching back towards austerity, where does this leave our economy?
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Mortgage companies withdraw deals as sterling crisis deepens
The economic crisis is already hitting home for those looking to secure a mortgage.
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What can the government do? – Economists debate the cost of living crisis
In recent weeks politicians have told us to learn to cook, buy value food, turn the lights off and work longer hours or the especially helpful: get a better paid job.
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Ukraine crisis: ‘Sword of Damocles will continue to hang until tangible outcome’, Russian academic says
We spoke to Dmitry Suslov from Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, and began by pointing out there is no evidence that Russia has actually withdrawn its troops from the Ukraine border.
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What does Russia want to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis?
We spoke to Dmitry Suslov, a senior lecturer at the Higher School of Economics University in Moscow.
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Uprooted by the Climate Crisis
Our Latin America Correspondent Guillermo Galdos followed one Guatemalan farmer desperately trying to make the journey of a lifetime – travelling into the US and placing his life in the hands of human smugglers.
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Economist Stephanie Kelton on US unemployment crisis: ‘The only game in town is the federal government’
Joining me now from the US is the economic historian and author, Niall Ferguson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University – and Stephanie Kelton, a professor of economics at Stony Brook University.
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Coronavirus crisis leads to sharp rise Universal Credit applications
Amidst the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, the government has announced billions of pounds of financial support for businesses and workers. But it hasn’t stopped a sharp rise in the number of people applying for Universal Credit.
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Coronavirus: what could the long-term economic impact be for you?
Beyond the short term economic crisis, it looks likely that women, younger workers and the low-paid will be most damaged by the shutting down of large parts of the economy.
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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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FactCheck: Are migrants causing the A&E crisis?
The NHS is in crisis. But are regions with large migrant populations suffering more? FactCheck takes a look.
