Economics
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Christine Lagarde says governments must invest in education, cut red tape and encourage innovation to drive up growth
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Forget the distraction of Brexit – cuts coming in this week say so much more about the UK’s national identity
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Project Syndicate economists Putin's illiberal stagnation in Russia offers a valuable lesson
Joseph StiglitzThe west’s post-cold war failures across the former Soviet bloc should not weaken its resolve to create democratic states -
Survey of chief financial officers reveals drop in negative sentiment but leaving EU is still top concern
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The naming and shaming of employers is welcome, but the fight for equal pay for women has just begun
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It’s riding high as the UK City of Culture and beneficiary of huge investment from Siemens. But Hull voted overwhelmingly for Brexit, and uncertainty after the referendum led the German giant to put expansion plans on hold. Should residents be worried?
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With its manufacturing and engineering tradition, the West Midlands should be at the forefront of British hopes for exporting beyond Europe. Sadly, on most measures, it is in no position to do so
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The growth in credit and fall in savings have alarming echoes of the financial crisis. But at least regulators are no longer asleep at the wheel
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The designer who became a global brand has been declared bankrupt after years of court action and financial bad luck
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Business live UK current account deficit shrinks, but savings ratio hits record low - as it happened
Latest data shows UK households feeling the pinch, as Britain posts a trade surplus with non-EU countries -
ONS data raises hopes that sharp decline in pound since Brexit vote could make economy less reliant on domestic spending
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Economics viewpoint The UK should not let this Brexit crisis go to waste – neither should the EU
Larry ElliottInnovations come when governments and businesses are forced out of their comfort zones -
Figures suggest people are increasingly dipping into their savings as disposable income also falls
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Fourth industrial revolution The robot debate is over: the jobs are gone and they aren't coming back
Tim DunlopNew report shows automation is already causing losses, depressing wages and likely to have lasting, devastating effect -
The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revolt
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All the day’s economic and financial news, as City firms prepare to move jobs out of London after Brexit
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Bankers, pharmaceutical giants, Google, Facebook ... a new breed of rentiers are at the very top of the pyramid and they’re sucking the rest of us dry
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Attempt to create European trading powerhouse has been formally derailed by Brussels, which said it would create a monopoly
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We’ve road-tested the new 12-sided coin, and found that it doesn’t actually work everywhere yet...
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Qatari investors are unperturbed by Britain’s departure from EU and looking to build on significant investments
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Researchers say Wales and north-east are among areas most vulnerable to loss of funding, tariffs on exports and shortage of European workers
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Project Syndicate economists Will populist leaders stifle the global recovery – or vice versa?