Economics

Why you now need a lot more dough to go out for a pizza

The last five years have seen food prices in the UK soar by 35%, a result of Covid, the war in Ukraine, Brexit and climate change

In a digital world, the use of outdated stats simply doesn’t add up

Our economy gauges were invented in the last century. We need a system that works now

Fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto

Hard-to trace digital transactions could lead to hostile states threatening democracy

Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell, Federal Reserve chair

If anyone can stand up to Trump, it’s the affable and decisive Fed chair

Is Vanceism the next third way?

A growing number of business and political leaders are espousing an anti-woke, anti-globalist, born-again ideology

‘A chancellor can change her mind on fiscal rules’

It's important to distinguish between the obvious need to finance increases in public later and policy choices now