2025 • Dec 29
Influx of cheap Chinese imports could drive down UK inflation, economists say
As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Britain is likely alternative destination for cars, telecoms and sound equipment
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2025 • Nov 04
The RBA governor resorts to sport cliches on interest rates while stretched Australians try to keep up with costs
We now know that the central bank doesn’t think inflation will be back in its 2 to 3% target range until 2027
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2025 • Sep 25
Nobody wanted to say ‘mission accomplished’ on inflation – certainly not Jim Chalmers. But he was surely thinking it
Economists are revising their rate cut predictions after the latest ABS figures revealed inflation is trending back up. But there are reasons to relaxGet our
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2025 • Sep 22
Australia news live: Optus identifies seven more people unable to call triple zero; Meta to use AI to detect under-18s
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2025 • Sep 20
Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year
Asking prices for some models are up 33 percent in less than a year. ...
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2025 • Aug 26
Majority says tariffs, inflation erasing their hard work: Survey
A majority of Americans said in a new survey that tariffs and inflation are erasing their hard work. WalletHub’s poll, which was released on Tuesday, found that 55 percent of U.S. adults think that i...
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2025 • Aug 13
Small-business optimism rises amid tariff uncertainty
Optimism among small businesses rose last month, with respondents reporting better business conditions, despite uncertainty around tariffs and inflation. The National Federation of Independent Busine...
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2025 • Aug 12
The UK labour market is cooling but this is a slowdown, not a collapse
The NICs rise, tariffs and weak consumer spending have hit firms but there are crumbs of comfort for the chancellor
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2025 • Aug 11
Stocks slump as Wall Street braces for inflation spike
Stocks closed with losses Monday as Wall Street braces for the first federal inflation report released after President Trump ousted the head of the agency responsible for producing it. The Dow Jones I...
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2025 • Aug 07
Reeves and Starmer to roll the pitch for tax rises in a difficult autumn budget
Exclusive: The Guardian has been told that discussions about increases include a near-certain gambling levyThe chancellor and prime minister will begin to pitch-roll tax rises and reforms fr...
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2025 • Aug 07
Bessent: Tariffs should boost US manufacturing ‘over the next couple of years'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump’s tariffs should boost American manufacturing over the “next couple of years.” "We're seeing these very large commitments both from governments a...
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2025 • Aug 07
Bank of England cuts interest rates as it warns food costs could push inflation to 4%
Policymakers cut base rate by quarter-point to 4% amid concern about strength of UK economy
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