Economy

Liz Truss faces soaring inflation, a plunging pound and ‘inevitable’ recession

Even if Truss manages to calm the panic about the coming winter, it probably still won’t be enough to prevent the UK economy from contracting

    Fund managers urge BoE intervention amid pound bloodbath

    Sussex Partners co-founder Patrick Ghali: 'UK company and country fundamentals are looking horrible, and panicked rate rises don’t usually stave off currency runs'

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    Chancellor Kwarteng makes hasty retreat from IMF for crisis talks over planned tax cuts

    The pound rallied, nearing a one-week high as the markets priced in the expectation of a U-turn on fiscal plans

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    Jeremy Hunt named chancellor after Kwasi Kwarteng confirms sacking on Twitter amid UK tax U-turn

    Kwarteng is now on record for being among the chancellors serving the shortest time

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    Bitcoin, ether dive on red-hot US inflation data

    Key consumer price data dashes hopes of Fed slowing pace of planned rate rises

    3 min read