A year of Covid crisis: a glimmer of economic hope at the end of the tunnel
Twelve months after the pandemic struck the Guardian’s economic tracker reveals real risk of lasting damage
Who is lending the British government all this money?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Osinbajo defies expectations as Nigeria’s vice-president
Analysis: Buhari’s deputy wants to create jobs, feed pupils and cut red tape. Is he too high-profile for his critics?
‘We’ve been sold a dud’: small firms suffer decline in post-Brexit exports
Businesses beset by ‘nightmare’ combination of mounting costs and paperwork as well as delivery delays
Suez canal: Syria ‘rations’ fuel as efforts to free stuck ship fail
Syria oil ministry restricts supply as canal chief says ‘technical or human errors’ may have been behind stranding of the Ever Given
The Guardian view on China, Xinjiang and sanctions: the gloves are off
Editorial: Beijing wants to silence critics of its treatment of Uighurs. But the impact will be broader
How the Suez canal blockage can seriously dent world trade
Analysis: 12% of global shipping uses the canal with any delays disrupting supply chains, fuelling shortages and hiking prices
Germany dismisses Australia’s claims that planned EU carbon border tax is ‘protectionism’
Exclusive: Dr Jürgen Zattler, an official at Germany’s ministry for economic cooperation and development, says the policy is a tool to fight global warming
The Guardian view on finance failures: manmade errors amplified by machines
Editorial: Markets aren’t working when a system makes Elon Musk billions by adding his company Tesla to the US stock index
Poorest countries will suffer most from Covid downturn, says UN
Unctad agency says international cooperation has fallen well short of what is needed given scale of crisis
The Guardian view on the Biden stimulus: a historic moment
Editorial: The White House is putting government at the heart of the post-Covid economic bounce-back. The implications affect us all
Collapse of trade with EU will ‘last until the summer’
Delays and confusion at the UK’s ports threatens to put hundreds of small and medium-sized exporters out of business
Joe Biden writes a cheque for America – and the rest of the world
The president’s $1.9tn stimulus package should lift US GDP by up to 4% – and thus buoy up the whole of the global economy
‘It’s been tough’: UK exporters on how Brexit has damaged them
Businesses cite higher costs, customs delays and paperwork as among the problems they face
Mathias Cormann elected OECD chief despite climate record
Former Australian finance minister’s candidacy was dogged by complaints from environmental groups