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World leaders at the G20 meeting in Mexico are queuing up to tell the eurozone its problems are beginning to hurt them. But are their problems home-grown?
I’ve spent the day buried in spreadsheets and statistics looking at insights for our C4 Jobs Report. In the course of that I got a closer look at the GDP numbers released as part of the Quarterly National Accounts a fortnight ago, writes Faisal Islam.
Preventing world hunger could lift global GDP by 41 per cent, according to Save the Children. The charity tells Channel 4 News a worldwide campaign, similar to that launched against HIV, is needed.
“Returns on equity, sales and invested capital companies were all significant better in firms with the most women in their top management teams compared to those most dominated by men.”
With the economy declining, George Osborne says the eurozone crisis is taking its toll on Britain. Is he right?
As official figures show that growth declined at the end of last year, Channel 4 News analyses what has happened to the British economy since the 2008-09 recession and what is in store.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg all delivered speeches this week on their visions for a more ethical capitalism in the UK. Channel 4 News ran their words through Snowcloud.
Matt Frei
he Italians, the Latvians, the Poles, the Greeks, the British and the Spaniards are all holding already because the guy from Luxembourg is refusing to get off the line. And even when they do get through they may find that the answer they were hoping for –to pump some much needed cash into the Eurozone- is hardly forthcoming.
In their 2010 manifesto the Tories say: “We will legislate in the first session of a new parliament to lock in this level of spending for every year from 2013.” Clearly, no such legislation has been forthcoming.
So from a chopper above the Thames I see a nation that used to build the world’s infrastructure that now wants the world to build ours. Infrastructure spending not by our government, but from abroad — from state guaranteed companies – from the Arab world and China paying for Britain’s infrastructure.
“The bad news for Mr Balls is that the OECD specifically praises coalition policy on cutting the deficit and keeping borrowing rates low in helping to create the right conditions for that recovery.”
The government says economic growth will come from rebalancing the British economy in favour of manufacturing. But what does Britain still make? Business Correspondent Sarah Smith investigates.
If the world is reluctant to contribute to the euro bailout to save Greece, how on earth can the Eurozone hope to save Italy? Economics editor Faisal Islam reports.
“As a Daily Mail poll showed that 77 per cent of Conservative Party members believe there should be a referendum on Britain’s continuing membership of the EU, Mr Clegg launched a defence of the economic benefits of staying in Europe.”
David Cameron has promised an “all-out mission” to kick-start major infrastructure projects and get the economy moving.