Economics
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Pre-Brexit vote research shows prosperity hotspots emerging across UKAnnual Barclays report finds no region is less prosperous than last year and Scotland saw biggest rise – but study was conducted before EU referendum
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Theresa May calls Brexit meeting amid reports of single market splitNumber of senior figures thought to believe all options including remaining in the single market should remain on table
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Janet Yellen's message on interest rates is clear – but not as clear as you thinkForget the markets, the US Federal Reserve chair actually hinted she is in no hurry to raise rates.
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Jackson Hole: Yellen leaves door open to rate rise before year-end – as it happenedJanet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve, gives a highly anticipated speech as the 2016 Jackson Hole meeting of central bankers gets underway
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UK economic growth confirmed at 0.6% in second quarterApril to June figures included data for a short period after the EU referendum on 23 June
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Brexiters claim we have avoided Armageddon, but economies have slow responses. The reality of unravelling ties with the EU will hit Britain hardDon’t be fooled. There will be damaging fallout from Brexit
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UK staycations grow in strength as pound weakensVisit England looks to build on rising number of Britons taking bank holiday break at home as exchange rates and terror attacks deter foreign travel
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The Guardian view on central bankers: growing power and limited successEditorial: A lot rests on Janet Yellen and the rate-setters meeting at Jackson Hole this weekend. Too much, for their own good and ours
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Looking for ways to tackle the gender pay gapLetters: As all work, including the professions, has come under increasing commercial pressures and all sectors are subjugated to cost- and fee-cutting demands, so the status of women in the workplace has deteriorated
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Surprise rise in retail sales as consumers shrug off Brexit fears - as it happenedUK retail sales rose unexpectedly in August according to the latest CBI survey, as consumers shrugged off Brexit uncertainty and took advantage of the good weather
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Will the Brexit gamble pay off? We may know for sure by 2057Letters: Pensioners relying on savings to supplement their pension will certainly feel the sky has fallen in as they pay the price of sorting out the mess
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Scottish deficit grows to nearly £15bn as oil revenues collapseDeficit is now equivalent to 9.5% of its GDP, with latest figures showing bigger gap between tax income and spending than UK
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UK economic indicators defy Brexit fearsData from manufacturers, Britain’s biggest housebuilder and UK supermarkets paint a positive picture of industry after the Brexit vote
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