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UK’s economy returns to growth in January
The UK’s economy returned to growth in January – with output expanding by 0.2%. So nowhere near a boom, but the figures do suggest the recession we entered at the end of last year may already be ending.
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UK economy: Will Labour raise taxes to avoid spending cuts?
James Murray is the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury. We asked if Labour were planning to raise taxes in order to avoid spending cuts.
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UK economy: what does technical recession mean for Sunak?
Rishi Sunak pledged to kickstart growth. Instead, the UK fell into recession late last year.
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A US attack on Iran ‘would bring down the global economy’, says a Tehran academic
We spoke to Seyed Mohammed Marandi, who’s a professor at the University of Tehran and began by asking what he thinks could happen if the United States took military action against Iran.
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How will the Red Sea crisis impact the UK economy?
The price of oil initially jumped by over 3.5 percent, as did gold, as the markets feared the inflationary impact of a wider war.
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UK could be in recession after economy shrinks
The UK just got closer to falling into an official recession – after new figures showed the economy shrank in the third quarter of the year.
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UK economy must grow faster or face ‘challenging future’, says Labour
We spoke to the shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
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UK economy avoids slipping into recession
Britain’s economy failed to grow in the third quarter of the year – but that was better than the drop which had been predicted, and means the country has avoided slipping into recession.
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Plans to scrap HS2 ‘will permanently reduce the size of the northern economy,’ says Andy Burnham
We spoke to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and began by asking him how much instability was being caused by the government’s position on HS2.
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Investment outside London could bring £100bn boost to economy, says Bank of England’s former chief economist
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
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UK economy shrinks more than expected in July due to rain and strikes
Amid a flurry of mixed signals on the state of the British economy, new figures show it shrank last month at a much faster pace than expected. The Office for National Statistics said GDP fell by 0.5% in July – blaming the rainy weather and widespread strikes. But just a few days ago the ONS…
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Stalling economy and soaring pay poses problem for chancellor
Will soaring wages and a stalling economy pose a problem for the UK?
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UK economy bounces back from pandemic better than thought, says ONS
The UK economy bounced back from the pandemic much better than previously thought, according to revised figures from the Office for National Statistics. It means the UK is no longer the G7’s worst performing economy on that measure.
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China cuts key interest rate to boost economy
Today, the Chinese authorities cut interest rates in a bid to boost growth, but financial markets were surprised they didn’t do more.
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UK economy: Mortgage prices rise again
Two year fixed deals have risen to an average rate of 6.6 percent.