Economics
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UK population to hit 70 million in less than a decadeCountry to become Europe’s most populous nation by 2050 but Brexit could change projections, says ONS
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UK service sector growth slips but eurozone 'firing on all cylinders' - as it happened
Business live UK service sector growth slips but eurozone 'firing on all cylinders' - as it happened
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UK economy cooling after post-Brexit vote growth, surveys showLatest surveys bolster expectations that Bank of England will leave interest rates at their record low for rest of the year
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China's economic concerns mount as thousands gather for congressPremier Li Keqiang will deliver his annual report against the backdrop of a falling currency and an ever-growing housing and debt bubble
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Inflation returns to Japan for the first time in more than a yearPrices tick up helped by the rising cost of oil but a slump in household spending clouds the outlook
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Trade department may have broken EU rules with 'pro-Brexit' contract criteriaExperts says Department for International Trade’s ‘cultural fit’ criteria are too subjective to comply with procurement rules
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UN report lays bare the waste of treating homes as commoditiesA massive shift of global capital investment has left homes empty and people homeless, argues Leilani Farha, UN special rapporteur for housing
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US growth and trade data disappoint but Trump promises 'revved-up economy' - as it happenedUS fourth quarter GDP and January trade figures fail to meet hopes, as Trump promises more defence spending ahead of Congress address
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UK government departments told to outline cuts of up to 6%Shadow chancellor says news of further potential cuts was ‘sneaked out’ and condemns government’s ‘failed austerity’
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BME career progression 'could add £24bn a year to UK economy'Review of race in the workplace makes economic as well as moral case for more diverse workforces
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Spring budget 2017: drop in government borrowing predictedForecasts likely to be cut by cumulative £29bn between 2015-16 and 2020-21 but sustainability issues remain, says thinktank
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Mnuchin: Trump will not cut social security and Medicare 'entitlements'Treasury secretary previews content of first address to Congress and says tax reform is his top policy priority
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When will Britons get a pay rise?Brexit and exodus of foreign workers may force employers to pay more, but there are no guarantees
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Rutger Bregman: ‘We could cut the working week by a third’Could this young Dutchman, hailed as a visionary, galvanise the left with his radical plan for a borderless future in which we are all paid for working less?
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It is not just the British economy at stake: the absurdities and evasions of the Leave campaign are jeopardising hard-won stability across the continentBrexit is a Whitehall farce that threatens the heart of Europe
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Our economy is at a watershed. We need a new capitalism that will stop firms thinking in the short-termVast losses at RBS are a legacy of a failed system
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The Bank of England fears it may not spot the next crisis. Here’s where to lookPolicymaker Gertan Vlieghe shocked MPs with his admission about the limitations of forecasting. But it’s not hard to see where some hotspots are
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Progressive parties have overwhelmingly failed to develop alternative policies. Listening to a modern progressive politician is like taking a tepid bathJust as neoliberalism is finally on its knees, so too is the left
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Losses of £58bn since the 2008 bailout – how did RBS get here?Flawed takeover bids, bad lending, and a tower of legal bills have left the Royal Bank of Scotland deep in the red
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Blair is right on Brexit: parliament must have a democratic debateWe must restore the principle of parliamentary sovereignty – Theresa May does not have an open-ended mandate
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Don’t dread old age. I’m 94, and I won’t spend my last years in fear of the ToriesI lived through the 30s and 80s and know the only way to beat the tyranny of austerity is through defiance. As long as you can love, there’s a purpose to life
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PPE: the Oxford degree with a lot to answer forLetters: Historians and classicists can be just as Machiavellian as any PPEist
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CPI was never meant to be real measure of inflationLetters: RPI may overstate inflation by about 0.2% on average but CPI understates it by about 0.8%
Sorry, Brexit doomsayers, the outlook is good on global growth