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Borrowing cheer fails to halt another Footsie slump

19.08.11
Chancellor George Osborne gainS a glimmer of good news on the UK's miserable public finances at the end of a week of woe for the British economy... more

More pain as shoppers face biggest price rises in 15 years

18.08.11
The wallets of British shoppers took a fresh squeeze in July as retail prices rose at their highest annual pace for more than 15 years, gloomy official figures have revealed... more

Weaker output and trade figures add to uncertainty

09.08.11
UK manufacturing output fell unexpectedly in June and the country's trade deficit widened, increasing worries over how delicate any economic recovery may be... more

Shock fall in manufacturing raises pressure on Chancellor

01.08.11
Pressure on Chancellor George Osborne over the economy heightens, as the previously strong manufacturing sector slammed into reverse in June with the first decline in activity for two years... more

Oil prices ease back... but factories still feel the pain

11.03.11
Oil prices ease back as markets hold their breath ahead of renewed protests in Saudi Arabia's "day of rage"... more

City Spy: Oops! Danny has to eat humble pie

25.02.11
It's a victory for City Spy. Former Bank of England rate-setter David "Danny" Blanchflower has admitted he needs to "eat a little humble pie" after attacking this column... more

Bank holds firm on interest rates as UK manufacturing dips

10.02.11
The Bank of England maintains its high-wire balancing act between the twin perils of inflation and a flagging recovery... more

Wheat-price damage is less than expected

10.09.10
The much-hyped rise in wheat prices over the summer had far less of an impact on food companies' costs than feared, official figures show... more

Shock as flagging exports hit economic recovery

09.07.10
An export-led recovery looks like a pipe dream after surprisingly poor figures showed the weak pound failing to boost demand for British goods overseas... more

Builders’ gloom adds to fears of a double-dip recession

02.07.10
Fears the global economy is heading for a double-dip recession mounted as British builders warn the recovery is running out of steam... more

Euro crisis hits UK exports and recovery hopes

01.07.10
Britain’s recovery from recession looked ever more fragile after exports were hit by the debt crisis in Europe... more

Bank of England inflation fears cause interest rate split

23.06.10
Bank of England policymakers were split over interest rates for the first time in more than a year amid worries of high inflation... more

Alistair Darling gets extra £20bn after public borrowing is lower than feared

18.03.10
Alistair Darling gets Budget “wriggle room” for £20 billion of pre-election giveaways amid signs Government borrowing this year will be lower than feared... more

Sharp rise in factory prices stokes inflation fears

08.01.10
Factory gate prices shot up by more than expected in December at the highest rate for nearly a year as economists fret about inflation... more

Service-sector revival signs are taken with a pinch of salt

03.12.09
The services sector, the largest part of the British economy, is pulling the country out of recession, latest figures reveal... more

Britain still in recession but economy shrinks less

25.11.09
The UK economy shrank by less than first thought in the third quarter but remained firmly mired in recession... more

King under further fire after Bank vote revolt

19.08.09
Bank of England governor Mervyn King was under mounting pressure after it emerged he was defeated in a rare revolt on Threadneedle Street over how to deal with the recession ... more

City 'experts' are left looking foolish by huge dive

24.07.09
City economists scrambling to rewrite forecasts for the year after a shocking decline in second-quarter output that none of them managed to predict... more

Double blow to Brown on jobs and the economy

30.06.09
Figures revealing a longer and deeper recession plunged Gordon Brown’s election strategy into new doubt... more

Bank of England damps down talk of a rate rise

17.06.09
The Bank of England made it clear that interest rates are unlikely to move upwards any time soon... more

Rare triumph for Gordon Brown on best industry figures in a year

10.06.09
The UK economy was given a fresh boost after industrial production rose for the first time in more than a year ... more

Alistair Darling’s fantasy Budget exposed

24.04.09
Alistair Darling's key economic forecast in Wednesday’s Budget is destroyed by official figures... more

Bank backs up its rate cut with bleak economic picture

05.02.09
Economy: The Bank of England justified its half-point interest rate cut to 1% by warning that the British economy would keep declining sharply in the coming months... more

Brown to meet US federal bank expert on printing more money

08.01.09
Gordon Brown will meet America's Federal Reserve chief next week amid speculation he may print more money to counter the recession in Britain... more

Bank faces calls to cut full percentage point

06.01.09
Economy: Pressure mounts on the Bank of England to cut interests rates by a full one percentage point when its monetary policy committee concludes its meeting on Thursday... more

Pound slides closer to euro as economic confidence slumps

19.12.08
Economy: Sterling was on the slide yet again as it moved ever closer to parity with the euro... more

Jobless figures now set to top 3m

15.10.08
Economy: Unemployment has jumped at its fastest rate for 17 years and looks set to top three million... more

Rate cuts forecast on King view inflation is peaking

16.09.08
Interest rates will be slashed to 3.5% from 5%, City economists forecast today, as the Governor of the Bank of England said inflation should fall next year amid fears of a stalling economy... more

Inflation at 5% looms as factory-gate prices leap

11.08.08
Figures tomorrow are likely to show the Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation topped 4% in July... more

Production costs set to tip UK into 'stagflation'

09.06.08
The worst set of inflation data in a generation has left the British economy teetering on edge of recession... more


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