Uber is the litmus test of support for a market economy
If moving to employee status would be bad news for drivers, it would also clearly harm customers. Bearing higher fixed...
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A resurgent US economy could be the President’s Trump card
Take housing, for example. Even with unemployment at 10.2pc, the monetary stimulus poured on by the Federal Reserve and generous...
Recovery off to a good start, but economy not out of the woods yet
Not all of consumption spending goes on retail. The hospitality industry has had an even tougher time of things, with...
Antofagasta’s financial results will tell you a lot about the state of the global economy
The FTSE 350 held steady last week with a small gain of 0.3pc, even with a recession being confirmed. Despite...
It’s time to go for growth before Covid destroys the economy
His top gripe is that NHS management - who let the health system become the chief vector of transmission in...
UK poised to suffer the biggest Covid blow of any major economy
The furlough scheme is being wound down ahead of its end in October. The bank’s consumer confidence indicator has also...
Sweden’s economy outperforms other European countries during pandemic
Sweden's economy has fared better during the peak three months of the coronavirus pandemic than the European average, the country's...
Beirut blast delivers near-fatal blow to Lebanon’s crippled economy
Its economic woes began long before this latest catastrophe, however. As far back as last October hundreds of thousands of...
Negative rates will do more harm than good for the UK economy
But the Governor will be cautious before sinking his own fangs into UK savers, as there are so many good...
US economy suffers record slump
Further signs of waning momentum came in initial jobless benefit claims, which rose by 1.43m in a second successive rise...
