The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax | Editorial
Editorial: Financiers owe their windfalls and bonuses to higher interest rates. Britain should reclaim more for the public and resist City lobbying
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The Odds: Did Inflation Break Trump?
CNN News Central's John Berman and Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten look at President Trump's historic collapse on economic approval which has created a major advantage for...
AI stocks drop after hot inflation report fuels bets for rate hikes
High-flying technology stocks are taking a bruising this week, as investors grow more skeptical about whether the AI boom will live up to expectations.
Business
Global economic challenges take center stage at CNN’s Global Perspectives
Richard Quest speaks with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde in Bangkok about Europe's economic outlook, global energy shocks, Middle East tensions and the rise...
Business
Global Perspectives in Bangkok: Leadership in an age of change
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, speaks to CNN’s Richard Quest at Global Perspectives: In Bangkok.
Business
ECB President Christine Lagarde signals no intervention in France’s fiscal crisis
The president of the European Central Bank played down speculation about intervention in France’s ballooning budget crisis on Wednesday.
The IMF says we need to make ‘urgent choices’. But are they choices the Albanese government is willing to make? | Grogonomics
The IMF is not a body that needs to worry about elections or the political cost of interest rates or inflation The IMF on Tuesday released its latest World Economic Outlook...
Business
The RBA keeps hiking interest rates – but are the rate rises actually working?
With the cash rate at a 15-year high, consumer confidence has tanked – while household spending is still growing Interest rates have risen to 15-year highs and are pushing up...
Business
Card surcharge ban used as ‘cover’ for larger price increases by Australian businesses, experts say
‘Round-up’ pricing in items such as coffee suggests increases are exceeding the typical 1.5% surcharge fee Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Businesses...
Business
‘Clear and present danger’: fuel prices could rise by 30c a litre across Australia under IMF scenario
IMF’s World Economic Outlook shows how a worsening Middle East crisis could affect global growth and inflation An International Monetary Fund scenario where global oil prices...
Business
Fed officials are warning of more pain. Many Americans are already feeling it
Four years ago, with inflation at multi-decade highs, then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a blunt message to Americans: Getting inflation under control would...
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Robert Pether was detained in Iraq in 2021 and his family feared he would die in jail. Now he’s coming home
Australian foreign minister welcomes Iraqi government’s decision to allow engineer to leave Baghdad Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Australian...
Business
UK savings: 5% interest rate deals may not last, say experts
Competition is hotting up, with National Savings & Investments lifting rates to the highest in years National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has increased the returns on some...
Business
Christian Bittar has conviction for rigging interest rates quashed
Former City banker becomes eighth to clear their name, just days after five others were acquitted Former City trader Christian Bittar has become the eighth person to have his...
Politics
Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook
US president renews his efforts to oust Cook despite supreme court ruling that her firing was unconstitutional Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is establishing a...
Politics
Trump launches new effort to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook
President Donald Trump is doubling down on efforts to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, forming a “committee of inquiry” centered around alleged false statements she...
Business
Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed
Acquittals of five former bankers come year after supreme court overturned ruling against City trader Tom Hayes Five more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest...
Business
India's first bank rate hike since 2023 signals growing inflation concerns
The hike reflects a global shift towards tighter monetary policy as central banks battle inflation fuelled by Middle East conflict.