Economy

Donald Trump swore he would face down the world – then blinked first. His aura is damaged for ever

A massive 46% of our exports and imports are via Europe - so why not make that easier?

If the president manages to oust Jay Powell, head of the US central bank, the results for the US and the global economy could be disastrous

It’s terrible that it exists, but my generation has only known crisis, chaos and the pandemic, so we may as well play it loud

The greenback is the global reserve currency, but its preeminent position is not guaranteed. Could it finally be knocked off its perch – and if so, what could take its place?

The Reform leader finally catches up with what the rest of the world has known all along – that Trump’s tariffs are a complete disaster

The UK needs to stop trying to do a deal with Trump, move away from the US, and rejoin the European Union

How did Trump secure a second term? Why has he started a tariff war? The 2017 winner of the Pulitzer prize for drama offers an explanation

Global finance's hopes that the White House would drop tariffs led to them jumping on a piece of fake news

Keir Starmer’s chumminess towards Trump has protected the UK from the worst of his tariff madness. But it also risks a rift with the EU

Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster

No complex calculations have gone into these import taxes - just reckless back-of-an-envelope stuff

The US president has relentlessly attacked the institutions of American life. But there is one thing that he cannot defeat, because if it falls, it will take him – and the US – down with it

The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US

The last time the US imposed blanket tariffs it led to global economic and political disaster. This time could be just as bad. How can the rest of the world defend itself?

Wages may be showing signs of improvement, but on its own that won’t solve the problem

Rachel Reeves was insistent that she would only have one major budget-type event every year but circumstances have forced her to abandon that pledge

No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen

In a week where the chancellor has found herself beleaguered, my message to her is: rearm and the economy will grow

Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?

The chancellor crowed about tiny real GDP growth while ignoring a much bigger bombshell

Labour policy is to blame for the closure of a £40,000-a-year boarding school in the chancellor's constituency, say the Tories, Reform and right wing press. Not so, says the school itself

Rachel Reeves seems happy to let 50,000 children live in poverty in order to make a spreadsheet add up on a Wednesday afternoon

The chancellor’s spring statement contained no shocks - but no solutions to big problems either

In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right

An April 2 tariff bombshell could make much of what Rachel Reeves says irrelevant

Rather than cuts, the chancellor’s spring statement could deliver a bold reinvention of what the richest pay

The UK could boost growth with a bespoke EU deal like the one the Swiss have just renegotiated. What’s the hold-up?

Does the chancellor really think the same as Boris Johnson?

A right wing think tank uses very selective evidence to claims Brexit damage has been overstated

However irritating the US president might be for Europe’s political leaders, Donald Trump might actually be doing them a favour