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19.02.2025

Honda and Nissan’s £48bn merger ‘close to collapse’; UK borrowing costs lowest since December in boost for Reeves – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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19.02.2025

UK returns to growth but living standards fall; oil price weakens on Ukraine peace talk hopes – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Britain’s services and construction sectors grew in October-December, but production contracted again… and GDP per person shrank

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19.02.2025

UK steel industry fears ‘devastating blow’ from Trump tariffs; FTSE 100 hits record high as markets shrug off trade war fears – as it happened | Donald Trump | The Guardian

US president says 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to be introduced this week as Chinese tariffs come into effect

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19.02.2025

US inflation unexpectedly rises to 3% in January – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Surprise rise in inflation on the back of higher food prices makes Federal Reserve interest rate cuts less likely, in a blow to Donald Trump

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19.02.2025

European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

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19.02.2025

Eurozone facing ‘sizeable’ hit from trade tensions, as US-China tariff war 2.0 kicks off – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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19.02.2025

Insolvencies rise in England and Wales amid economic pressures; Lib Dem MP to appeal approval of Thames Water debt restructuring plan – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as plans to restructure Thames Water are approved by a High Court judge

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19.02.2025

UK could face Trump VAT tariff hit; pound hits 2025 high – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as sterling rises on surprisingly weak US retail sales and Thames Water appeals to raise bills further

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19.02.2025

US, EU and UK stock markets hit by global trade war fears as JPMorgan says Trump administration may be ‘business unfriendly’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

European markets fall as Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’, but stocks recover after Mexican tariffs delayed by a month

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19.02.2025

UK Steel says Trump has ‘taken a sledgehammer’ to free trade; BoE governor warns against ripping out regulation – as it happened | International trade | The Guardian

UK steel industry fears surge of foreign imports as US imposes 25% tariffs, as Bank of England chief says world should not forget 2008 crisis

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19.02.2025

Bank of England expects to cut interest rates again after slashing growth forecasts – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK central bank cuts interest rates, and warns growth will be half as fast as expected this year, sending pound sliding

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19.02.2025

US job creation slowed in January; UK can’t say ‘job done’ fighting inflation, say’s BoE’s Pill – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US economy added 143,000 new jobs last month, fewer than expected

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01.02.2025

AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool investment, blaming UK government funding cuts – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Pharmaceutical company says that it will not go ahead with investment at Speke, near Liverpool

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31.01.2025

European Central Bank cuts interest rates to support growth as eurozone economy stagnates - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live coverage of business, economics and financial news as ECB cuts main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points in effort to support European economies

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30.01.2025

Lloyds Banking Group to close another 136 branches – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

The bank says that the shift to digital banking has prompted further branch closes

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29.01.2025

AI-linked stocks remain volatile after DeepSeek rout; Boeing posts its second-biggest annual loss on record – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Donald Trump says China’s DeepSeek is a “wake-up call” for American AI firms

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28.01.2025

Nvidia’s $465bn rout biggest in US stock market history, as DeepSeek sparks US tech sell-off – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

ECB president Lagarde warns of ‘vicious circle’ if central bank independence is undermined

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25.01.2025

Davos day four: ‘Too much pessimism’ about European economy, which needs boost of US confidence, WEF hears – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the final day of the World Economic Forum

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24.01.2025

Davos day three: Donald Trump demands increase in Nato defence spending, and sends oil price sliding – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

New US president shakes up World Economic Forum with call for lower oil price, interest rate cut, increase in Nato spending, and criticised Europe

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23.01.2025

Davos day two: Spain’s PM warns tech billionaires threaten democracy; Jamie Dimon says ‘get over’ Trump tariffs - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the second day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, as Pedro Sanchez blasts social media owners for harming democratic systems

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22.01.2025

Davos day one: German chancellor Scholz says Putin must not win Ukraine war, as Greenpeace protesters disrupt WEF – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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21.01.2025

David Beckham urges World Economic Forum to fight for girls’ rights – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Former footballer collects Crystal Award for work on children’s rights, as World Economic Forum begins in Davos

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18.01.2025

FTSE 100 share index hits record high; relief for Rachel Reeves as UK borrowing costs fall – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Britain’s blue chip share index hits new peak of 8533 points

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16.01.2025

UK economy returned to growth in November, driven by services – business live | Business | The Guardian

GDP rose by 0.1% following October’s 0.1% decline

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15.01.2025

UK inflation unexpectedly dips to 2.5% in December – business live | Business | The Guardian

Core rate stripping out energy and food also falls more than expected; markets on tenterhooks ahead of US inflation, out later in the day

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15.01.2025

UK sells £1bn of bonds on most expensive terms since 2004 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Auction attracts solid demand; government borrowing costs ease in bond markets while pound falls again

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14.01.2025

Pound slides to fresh 14-month low as stocks fall; rise in UK borrowing costs reverses – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Dollar jumps to over two-year high against major currencies as bets on US rate cuts recede; UK 30-year government bond yield eases after hitting fresh 27-year high

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11.01.2025

Pound and UK bonds fall after strong US jobs report; UK gas storage levels are ‘concerningly low’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Plunging temperatures and high demand for gas fired power stations have reduced UK winter gas storage levels, reports Centrica

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10.01.2025

Bond market turmoil eases as Treasury minister says ‘no need’ for government intervention – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Lib Dems say chancellor should stay and make emergency fiscal statement and also cancel planned national insurance hike

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09.01.2025

UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008, as Rachel Reeves’s fiscal headroom evaporates – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Bond sell-off is eating into the chancellor’s wiggle room to hit fiscal targets without spending cuts or more tax rises

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08.01.2025

UK long-term borrowing costs rise to highest since 1998 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Government plans to sell £297bn of bonds this fiscal year, the second-highest on record

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07.01.2025

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most US coastal waters – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Outgoing president’s orders will not affect large swathes of the Gulf of Mexico, where most US offshore drilling occurs; orders could be difficult for Donald Trump to unwind

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04.01.2025

Biden blocks Nippon Steel’s $15bn bid for US Steel over national security fears – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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03.01.2025

Pound falls after weak UK factory data as US dollar rises – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as 2025 starts with trepidation over new US administration’s trade policies, and global manufacturing sector struggles

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01.01.2025

FTSE 100 rallies by 5.7% in 2024 in ‘a year of resilience’ for the stock market – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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31.12.2024

Japan’s Nikkei and Germany’s DAX share indices both post 19% gains in 2024 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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27.12.2024

More UK retailers in critical financial distress, as Boxing Day sales footfall drops – business live | Business | The Guardian

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25.12.2024

American Airlines flight grounding cancelled; UK’s FTSE 100 rises 0.4% as ‘Santa rally’ begins – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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Gold hits record high amid geopolitical worries; Amazon takes creative control of James Bond – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Glencore considers ditching UK stock market listing; air fares, food and private school fees push UK inflation to 3% – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Honda and Nissan’s £48bn merger ‘close to collapse’; UK borrowing costs lowest since December in boost for Reeves – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK returns to growth but living standards fall; oil price weakens on Ukraine peace talk hopes – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK steel industry fears ‘devastating blow’ from Trump tariffs; FTSE 100 hits record high as markets shrug off trade war fears – as it happened | Donald Trump | The Guardian

US inflation unexpectedly rises to 3% in January – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Eurozone facing ‘sizeable’ hit from trade tensions, as US-China tariff war 2.0 kicks off – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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UK could face Trump VAT tariff hit; pound hits 2025 high – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US, EU and UK stock markets hit by global trade war fears as JPMorgan says Trump administration may be ‘business unfriendly’ – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK Steel says Trump has ‘taken a sledgehammer’ to free trade; BoE governor warns against ripping out regulation – as it happened | International trade | The Guardian

Bank of England expects to cut interest rates again after slashing growth forecasts – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

US job creation slowed in January; UK can’t say ‘job done’ fighting inflation, say’s BoE’s Pill – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool investment, blaming UK government funding cuts – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

European Central Bank cuts interest rates to support growth as eurozone economy stagnates - as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Lloyds Banking Group to close another 136 branches – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

AI-linked stocks remain volatile after DeepSeek rout; Boeing posts its second-biggest annual loss on record – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Nvidia’s $465bn rout biggest in US stock market history, as DeepSeek sparks US tech sell-off – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Davos day four: ‘Too much pessimism’ about European economy, which needs boost of US confidence, WEF hears – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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UK economy returned to growth in November, driven by services – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK inflation unexpectedly dips to 2.5% in December – business live | Business | The Guardian

UK sells £1bn of bonds on most expensive terms since 2004 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Pound slides to fresh 14-month low as stocks fall; rise in UK borrowing costs reverses – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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Bond market turmoil eases as Treasury minister says ‘no need’ for government intervention – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008, as Rachel Reeves’s fiscal headroom evaporates – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

UK long-term borrowing costs rise to highest since 1998 – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most US coastal waters – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

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More UK retailers in critical financial distress, as Boxing Day sales footfall drops – business live | Business | The Guardian

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