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Another Bank of England rate cut this year less likely given inflation fears and split vote – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Monetary Policy Committee has cut UK interest rates today, in a deeply split decision, but City pricing suggests another cut in 2025 is no longer fully priced in

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UK construction activity shrinks by most in five years; Trump imposes extra 25% tariff on India – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Britain’s building sector records biggest drop in activity since early in Covid-19 pandemic

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08.08.2025

Gold futures rise to new high after reports Trump has imposed tariffs on one-kilo bars – business live | Business | The Guardian

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EU-US trade deal hits investor confidence; Tesla awards Elon Musk almost $30bn of shares – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares in Lloyds and Close Brothers jump

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01.08.2025

Trump tariffs live: new rates on 92 countries released; Canada PM ‘disappointed’ at 35% levy | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Donald Trump orders 10% tariffs on goods imported from all countries bar those from 92 nations subject to higher levies; Mark Carney says Canada will ‘diversify’ its export markets

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01.08.2025

Pound on track for worst month in almost two years; ‘no evidence of malign activity’ behind UK airport disruption – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as minister Heidi Alexander says problem was ‘isolated event’ after meeting under-fire head of Nats air traffic controller

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01.08.2025

US economy grows faster than expected as Trump announces 25% tariffs on India – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as world’s biggest economy grows at 3% annualised rate in data distorted by trade wars

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29.07.2025

Ofwat to be abolished as government takes forward five recommendations to address water’s ‘Great Stink moment’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

England and Wales’s water industry requires ‘fundamental reform’ to address the problems that have dogged the sector, Independent Water Commission says

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29.07.2025

UK payrolls down by 178,000 over last year; Bundesbank chief defends central bank independence after Trump’s attacks on Powell – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK company payrolls have fallen steadily in recent months, pushing unemployment rate to four-year high

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29.07.2025

Dollar strengthens against euro as US-EU trade deal limits uncertainty – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as European stock market rally fizzles out

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29.07.2025

Rachel Reeves vows to stick to fiscal rules and declines to rule out wealth tax – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as chancellor Rachel Reeves testifies to House of Lords economic affairs committee

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29.07.2025

European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged despite trade war uncertainty – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as policy rate left at 2%

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29.07.2025

IMF warns UK faces ‘significant challenges’ in face of trade war and tight fiscal rules; British retail sales below expectations - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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29.07.2025

Two City traders win appeals against rate rigging convictions after ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo have convictions for rigging benchmark interest rates quashed by Supreme Court

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29.07.2025

US and China hold trade talks after Donald Trump eyes ‘world tariff’ – business live | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as US Treasury chief Scott Bessent attends negotiations in Sweden

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US economic picture weakens as jobless claims and inflation both rise – as it happened | John Lewis | The Guardian

UK economy ground to a halt in July with no growth in GDP – business live | Business | The Guardian

Trump reportedly asks EU to levy 100% tariffs on India and China; Ozempic maker Novo to cut 9,000 jobs – as it happened | Stock markets | The Guardian

Anglo American agrees mining mega merger; Londoners face commuting struggles as tube strike enters second day – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Tube strike: Downing Street says Londoners ‘fed up’ as it urges RMT union and TfL to negotiate – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US labor market ‘has headed off a cliff-edge’ with just 22,000 jobs added in August – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Global bond sell-off eases after weak US jobs report and smooth Japanese debt auction – business live | Business | The Guardian

Global bond sell-off hits Japan’s government debt; pound falls again – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK manufacturing downturn continues as new orders slide; Trump’s attack on Fed is ‘a serious danger’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK long-term borrowing costs on brink of 27-year high; gold price hits record – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK bank shares fall as City fears budget tax raid; US trade deficit surges – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Tesla sales fell 40% across Europe in July as rival BYD pulled ahead – business live | Business | The Guardian

Annual energy bills set to rise £35 in October, Trump slaps 50% tariff on India – business live | Business | The Guardian

Trump’s move to fire Federal Reserve governor rattles markets, as US dollar falls – business live | Stock markets | The Guardian

Asia shares edge higher as markets await key Jackson Hole speech by US Fed’s Powell – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK government borrowing falls to £1.1bn in July, despite third-highest year-to-date deficit on record – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK inflation data expected to show further rise on higher food and energy prices – business live | Business | The Guardian

SoftBank invests $2bn in Intel; proposed new UK property tax ‘could cut cost of buying expensive homes’ - business live | Business | The Guardian

Stocks and oil rise before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting in Washington, UK house prices fall in August - business live | Business | The Guardian

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent calls for half-point interest rate cut at next Fed meeting – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Chinese economy slows as Trump tariffs bite; FTSE 100 on track to hit new record - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK economy grew despite Trump tariffs causing three-year low in US goods exports – business live | Business | The Guardian

US and China extend 90-day tariff truce; UK wage growth steady, vacancies fall – business live | Business | The Guardian

Gold prices fall; Britain’s biggest chemical plant under threat – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Another Bank of England rate cut this year less likely given inflation fears and split vote – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Tesla’s UK sales fall almost 60% in July as BYD surges; Neil Woodford fined and banned over fund collapse – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK construction activity shrinks by most in five years; Trump imposes extra 25% tariff on India – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Gold futures rise to new high after reports Trump has imposed tariffs on one-kilo bars – business live | Business | The Guardian

EU-US trade deal hits investor confidence; Tesla awards Elon Musk almost $30bn of shares – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Trump tariffs live: new rates on 92 countries released; Canada PM ‘disappointed’ at 35% levy | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Pound on track for worst month in almost two years; ‘no evidence of malign activity’ behind UK airport disruption – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US economy grows faster than expected as Trump announces 25% tariffs on India – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Ofwat to be abolished as government takes forward five recommendations to address water’s ‘Great Stink moment’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK payrolls down by 178,000 over last year; Bundesbank chief defends central bank independence after Trump’s attacks on Powell – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Dollar strengthens against euro as US-EU trade deal limits uncertainty – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rachel Reeves vows to stick to fiscal rules and declines to rule out wealth tax – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged despite trade war uncertainty – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

IMF warns UK faces ‘significant challenges’ in face of trade war and tight fiscal rules; British retail sales below expectations - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Two City traders win appeals against rate rigging convictions after ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US and China hold trade talks after Donald Trump eyes ‘world tariff’ – business live | Business | The Guardian

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