The Guardian view on City deregulation: it would be a dangerous step backward
Editorial: Relaxing financial rules risks undermining stability, ignoring post-crash lessons and prioritising short-term gains over the long-term health of the economy
Japan’s Nikkei and Germany’s DAX share indices both post 19% gains in 2024 – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers
Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour
Most UK businesses expect to grow in new year, surveys find
Economic confidence polls reveal that 70% expect turnover to rise and 73% expect profitability to rise
Americans struggling with student debt expect ‘much worse’ under Trump
Biden’s loan forgiveness efforts have faced major resistance, but people are bracing for worse under president-elect
People have been saving more, thanks to pay growth and cooling inflation, but they need to feel the benefits
While Labour’s critics are circling, pay growth is resilient and inflation is cooling
Janet Yellen issues warning to Congress as US nears debt limit
Treasury secretary says ‘extraordinary measures’ needed to avoid default, and urges lawmakers to raise borrowing limit
Trump versus trade: the global economic outlook for 2025 in five charts
Unpredictable change will sweep through America, while old problems, from war to inflation, are likely to afflict other countries
More UK retailers in critical financial distress; fashion brand Quiz needs more funding soon – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
ECB faces tough task after flip in fortunes for eurozone economies
Economists say EU countries hardest hit by 2010s debt crisis now in stronger position than France and Germany
Living standards 2025 outlook ‘hardly cause for celebration’, says UK thinktank
Household incomes to stagnate or fall but will be offset by better public services, says Resolution Foundation
World Bank lifts China growth forecasts but calls for deeper reforms
Policy easing and stronger exports have helped economy, but country still faces property crisis and weak demand
Labour urged to lead global debt relief effort as cost of repayments soars
Campaigners call for action in 2025, as crippling repayments prevent spending to cut poverty and tackle climate crisis
American Airlines flight grounding cancelled; UK’s FTSE 100 rises 0.4% as ‘Santa rally’ begins – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, on a shortened Christmas Eve trading session in London
‘National disaster’ if troubled Whyalla steelworks falls over, SA premier warns
Peter Malinauskas calls situation ‘tricky’ but says state government will continue to monitor Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance and act where it can