Valentina Romei | Financial Times

Friday, 20 May, 2022

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

UK consumer confidence falls to lowest on record

Index drops to minus 40, reflecting soaring inflation and raising the risk of recession

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

Reliance on Russian energy helps drive Europe’s uneven inflation surge

Prices are increasing at different rates, with the cost of living rising fastest in the Baltic states and eastern Europe

Wednesday, 18 May, 2022

Global inflation

Global inflation tracker: see how your country compares on rising prices

Russia’s invasion has raised prices for everything from energy to wheat, adding to inflationary pressures worldwide

Sunday, 15 May, 2022

UK business & economy

UK ahead of European peers on shift to working from home

Services-based economy means office occupancy is unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels

Sunday, 15 May, 2022

ExplainerMarket Questions

Have US retail sales been hit by stubbornly high inflation?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Thursday, 12 May, 2022

UK business & economy

Stagflation looms in UK as economic growth grinds to a halt

Output declines 0.1% in March while quarterly expansion falls below expectations at 0.8%

Monday, 9 May, 2022

UK retail sales

UK’s rising cost of living puts brakes on consumer spending

Retail sales record first decline in 15 months, with big-ticket items suffering particularly hard

Sunday, 8 May, 2022

ExplainerMarket Questions

Has US inflation finally started to slow?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

UK business & economy

UK businesses hit hard by rising energy and material prices, official data show

Half of companies report increases in input costs in March, with proportion rising to 77% in accommodation sector

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

Brexit

UK-German trade falls sharply since Brexit vote, data show

Figures highlight gradual decoupling of British manufacturing from EU’s biggest economy

Monday, 2 May, 2022

The Big Read

The global stagflation shock of 2022: how bad could it get?

The double blow of pandemic and war has caused inflation to surge and growth to slow around the world. But experts do not expect a return to the 1970s

Friday, 29 April, 2022

Global Economy

Weak EU growth and Covid-hit China raise prospect of global downturn

Ukraine war takes toll on eurozone as US economy contracts and renminbi falls

Friday, 29 April, 2022

Cost of living crisis

Four in 10 Britons struggling to pay energy bills, official data show

Office for National Statistics survey finds a similar proportion are buying less food as cost of living crisis bites

Thursday, 28 April, 2022

UK business & economy

Business insolvencies in England and Wales soar to 60-year high

Rapid increase in voluntary liquidations driven by inflation and supply chain squeeze

Monday, 25 April, 2022

Cost of living crisis

Johnson to crack down on companies pushing up household bills

Ministers told to target ‘unacceptable behaviour’ in bid to ease cost of living crisis

Sunday, 24 April, 2022

Global Economy

Did US economic growth slow at the start of 2022?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Friday, 22 April, 2022

UK business & economy

Pound slides to weakest level since 2020 as British retail sales fall

Spending data point to inflation squeeze on households

Thursday, 21 April, 2022

UK business & economy

UK consumer confidence plunges to near-record low

Spending appetite drops to worst level since 2008 as cost of living concerns mount

Wednesday, 20 April, 2022

German economy

German producer prices surge at fastest rate since records began

Rise in factory costs likely to trigger higher consumer inflation in the months ahead, economists warn

Sunday, 17 April, 2022

UK economic growth

UK braced for prolonged period of stagflation

Analysts warn of anaemic economic growth, even contraction, alongside soaring inflation

Sunday, 17 April, 2022

Chinese economy

How are coronavirus lockdowns affecting China’s economic output?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

UK inflation

UK inflation hits 7% as fuel prices surge

March reading is highest in 30 years and increases pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates again

Tuesday, 12 April, 2022

Global trade

WTO cuts growth forecast to 3% as Ukraine war disrupts global trade

Revised prediction comes with warning that food security could be severely hit by reduced grain and fertiliser exports

Monday, 11 April, 2022

Cost of living crisis

Britons more worried about the cost of living crisis than Covid

Survey shows rising prices are a bigger concern for middle-aged than other groups

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