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2 days ago
ALEX BRUMMER: The potential damage to an already stuttering economy, weighed down by the Chancellor's growth-sapping £40 billion of tax rises, doesn't bear thinking about.
4 days ago
The Bank of England never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity, says ALEX BRUMMER
The latest minutes from the Bank of England show that after an unexpectedly firm start to the year, the British economy has descended into gloom.
5 days ago
Now it's Labour's turn to face the music when global events turn sour: ALEX BRUMMER
Yesterday's claim by Chancellor Rachel Reeves that Labour's number one mission is to 'put more money in the pockets of working people' does not stand up to scrutiny.
Fed chief Powell's stubborn defiance on interest rates risks an avoidable downturn, says ALEX BRUMMER
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The Federal Reserve's rate hold should come as no surprise. Chairman Jay Powell is determined to preserve the US central bank's independence.
6 days ago
Lagarde bids for euro primacy - but don't bet against the dollar just yet, says ALEX BRUMMER
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Christine Lagarde has never been short of ambition as her translation from French finance minister to President of the ECB demonstrates.
10 days ago
ALEX BRUMMER: Iran attacks pile agony on economy
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The power of conflict to do harm to the international economy and domestic consumers was illustrated by Russia's war on Ukraine. Britain is not immune.
11 days ago
Reeves claims she's balancing the books - but sky-high bond yields tell a different story, says ALEX BRUMMER
The Chancellor's spending review is being billed by Labour as a signal moment for a government haunted by banana-skins of its own making.
The six claims from Rachel Reeves that would never pass the test on a lie detector: ALEX BRUMMER
Rachel Reeves 's spending review was one of the most disingenuous statements I can remember in my long career as a financial journalist.
12 days ago
Thieves stole my car using a fiendish new device disguised as a Game Boy. So I tracked it down and stole it back myself: ALEX BANNISTER
This is not the Monday morning I had planned. I was meant to be in a business meeting in west London at 9.30.
ALEX BRUMMER: If this is a fixed economy, I'd hate to see a broken one
Nearly half a century has passed since Margaret Thatcher skewered the incumbent PM James Callaghan at the 1979 election with her famous ' Labour Isn't Working' poster, which showed...