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Byline: Martin Belam block-time published-time 8.54am BST Cooper: government 'victory lap' over 0.6% growth shows 'how out of touch they are' Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said that despite [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Britain's economy has taken a step closer to exiting recession after official figures showed growth continued in February despite a washout month for retailers after [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Britain's economy is on the road to recovery. After a dismal end to last year as soaring living costs forced households to cut back their [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott Economics editor The chances of the UK quickly emerging from recession have been boosted after the release of official figures showing the economy grew by 0.2% in [...]

Byline: John Crace Monday There was a time not so long ago when Rishi Sunak used every available moment to talk about his Five Promises. Now he has gone rather [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Britain's economy is in a deep rut. After news confirming the country fell into recession late last year, most experts agree the downturn is likely to be [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent The UK economy fell into recession at the end of last year as hard-pressed households cut back on spending in response to soaring interest rates [...]

Byline: Editorial 'We're on the up!' claimed the Daily Express about the British economy on Thursday. Sorry, loyal Conservative cheerleaders, but exactly the reverse is true. Instead of being on [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman The UK economy was probably in recession during the second half of 2023 if the latest retail sales figures are anything to go by. A surprise 3.2% [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott Economics editor Fittingly, a forgettable year for the economy ended on a downbeat note, with the last set of official data for 2023 showing the UK uneasily [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Financial markets are betting the Bank of England will be forced to launch a deep round of interest rate cuts in 2024 amid the growing [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott Economics editor Continued tough action by central banks to tackle stubborn inflation risks tipping Britain and other developed countries into recession next year, the west's leading economic [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman and Graeme Wearden Retailers in Great Britain suffered a slump in sales in October as the impact of high borrowing costs and rising prices signalled a high [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden block-time published-time 7.27am GMT UK 'is probably already in recession': Bloomberg analysis Analysis by Bloomberg Economics this morning shows that Britain could already be falling into recession. [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden block-time published-time 7.58am BST Hussain Mehdi, macro & investment strategist at HSBC Asset Management, warns that the UK faces an 'elevated recession risk', despite GDP rising 0.2% [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Britain's economy is at growing risk of recession, with industry figures showing the sharpest monthly fall in private sector activity, outside of the Covid pandemic, [...]

Byline: Mark Sweney and Larry Elliott Britain will be left with deep scars from the pandemic despite narrowly escaping a second recession within three years and growing signs of an [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden London's blue-chip share index, the FTSE 100, hit a new all-time high at over 8,000 points on Thursday. But why is the FTSE 100 so strong, when [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden Britain's FTSE 100 share index has passed 8,000 points for the first time, as fears of a global recession ease. In an afternoon surge, the index of [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott The UK economy is flatlining and has been for the best part of a year. Recovery after the deep slump of 2020 has petered out. Higher inflation, [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman The UK avoided entering a recession at the end of last year by the narrowest of margins, official figures have revealed, after economic growth flatlined in the [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Households in Britain will suffer a hit to their finances of up to £4,000 this year, according to a report warning that the economy could [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman Business activity contracted at its fastest pace in two years in December as the high cost of living restricted household spending and companies cut investment, raising the [...]

Byline: Miles Brignall and agency The UK's impending recession could be twice as bad as previously thought, according to leading economic forecasters at the business consultancy EY. Reduced government support, [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott Economics editor In normal circumstances the fact that the UK economy eked out a bit of growth in November would be of little relevance, especially since the [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman The UK economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in November as consumers headed to the shops in the run-up to Christmas and pubs and bars enjoyed a boost [...]

Byline: Nimo Omer Good morning. If the past 12 years have achieved anything, it's the end of 'boom and bust' economics. Now the UK has the reassuring stability of a [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman When the minor ups and downs caused by the extra bank holiday for the Queen's funeral are stripped out of the latest GDP figures, it is clear [...]

Byline: Gwyn Topham and Phillip Inman The UK is likely to enter a deeper recession than previously expected next year, while interest rates and inflation will be lower than forecast, [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott, Jessica Elgot and Richard Partington The Bank of England has warned Kwasi Kwarteng the economy is in recession and it will most probably need to push interest [...]

Byline: Julia Kollewe block-time published-time 7.24am BST Introduction: British retail sales fall sharply; World Bank warns of global recession Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman UK factory production slumped in August at the fastest rate since the early Covid-19 pandemic lockdown month of May 2020 after manufacturers suffered a sharp reversal in [...]

Byline: Matthew Weaver Liz Truss has used her latest pitch to the Tory party membership to warn against talking the UK into a recession, a day after the Bank of [...]

Byline: Graham Russell Friday's papers are united in gloom, placing front and centre the Bank of England's grim forecast of a lengthy recession and inflation rising to its highest level [...]

Byline: Julia Kollewe block-time published-time 7.40am BST Introduction: Pound hit as Johnson's future in doubt and markets brace for months of uncertainty Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden Rising worries about a European recession hit stock markets on Tuesday as the euro slumped to a two-decade low and the pound fell to its lowest since [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman There is a word for what is about to hit the UK economy and it is stagflation. The combination of two dreaded terms in the economic lexicon [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news as households face an average £1,200 hit to take-home pay, one of the steepest falls on recordBank of [...]

Byline: Richard Partington and Larry Elliott These are worrying times for Claire Tasker's jewellery business. With soaring living costs putting acute pressure on households across the country, the Hertfordshire-based goldsmith [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman Britain's central bank policymakers are 'duty bound' when they meet this week to push the UK into recession to cap rising inflation, a former Bank of England [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Britain's economy is at growing risk of falling into a summer recession amid the biggest squeeze on household incomes since the mid 1950s, as soaring [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Britain's economy shrank by the most in 300 years in 2020 amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic but has avoided a double-dip recession, according [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Rishi Sunak is coming under renewed pressure to provide more financial support to businesses across the UK, as official figures are expected to confirm the [...]

Byline: Lucy Campbell The chancellor has said the government will borrow a peacetime record of almost £400bn this year in the face of the worst recession the UK has experienced [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott The first snapshot of the UK economy during England's four-week lockdown has shown evidence of a looming double-dip recession as tougher restrictions took a toll of large [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden block-time published-time 7.56am GMT Fears of a double-dip Covid-19 recession have send the oil price sliding to a five-month low this morning. Brent crude has slumped by [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman and Larry Elliott Bank of England policymakers are expected to inject up to £100bn into the economy when they meet this week amid mounting fears that the [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent The government will close the furlough scheme this weekend, with redundancies rising at the fastest rate on record and the second wave of Covid-19 pushing [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Britain's economy is heading for a prolonged recession lasting until next spring as the number of coronavirus infections climbs and tougher restrictions are introduced to contain the [...]

Byline: Larry Elliott Those of us with long enough memories can vividly recall the recession of the early 1980s. Unemployment climbed inexorably as many of the big names of British [...]