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  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales jump despite surge in inflation

    April boost for supermarket alcohol sales suggests more people are staying in rather than going out

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    UK business & economy
    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
    ExplainerGlobal inflation
    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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