• January 31 2023
  Is the IMF right about the UK economy?

  Fund’s dismal forecast for Britain’s growth pointed to some problems for short and long term

  
• January 31 2023
  IMF forecasts UK recession despite other leading economies growing

  Britain likely to be exception to brightening global picture, fund predicts

  
• January 27 2023
  Disrupted Times

  Jeremy Hunt’s big vision fails to lift spirits of UK business

  Also in this newsletter: US consumer spending falls, suitors for Britishvolt, boost for emerging markets

  
• January 27 2023
  Inside Politics

  Hunt talks up post-Brexit Britain as he sets scene for Budget

  Global race to lead green transition hinders UK growth plans, as the US and EU step up investment

  
• January 26 2023
  UK labour productivity

  UK productivity in 2022 barely higher than in 2019

  Output per hour worked just 1.6% above the average of three years earlier, according to official data

  
• January 25 2023
  UK public finances

  Truss to join Tory rightwing clamour for immediate tax cuts

  Hunt and Sunak insist their focus is on controlling UK public finances and inflation

  
• January 24 2023
  UK business & economy

  UK business confidence hits two-year low as recession fears mount

  Purchasing managers’ index drops more than expected by economists as downturn takes hold

  
• January 23 2023
  News in-depthBank of England

  Bank of England expected to keep up interest rate rises

  Analysts highlight case for further monetary tightening, despite some weak economic data

  
• January 20 2023
  Undercover EconomistTim Harford

  Is life in the UK really as bad as the numbers suggest? Yes, it is

  The past 15 years have been a disappointment on a scale we could hardly have imagined

  
• January 19 2023
  Chris Giles

  We, the people, are to blame for Britain’s economic woes

  The UK economy looks sickly against international comparisons, so let’s be honest about the three causes

  
• January 19 2023
  ObituaryAlan Budd

  Sir Alan Budd, economist, 1937-2023

  He was at the heart of many of the major innovations of modern macroeconomic policy in the UK

  
• January 13 2023
  UK GDP

  UK economy grows 0.1% as services activity strengthens

  Pubs and bars push up GDP in November as football fans go out to watch World Cup matches

  
• January 9 2023
  UK inflation

  UK faces elevated risk of persistently high inflation, says BoE official

  Chief economist Huw Pill signals rates might have to stay higher for longer

  
• January 2 2023
  The world in 2023

  UK economists’ survey: ‘miserable’ year ahead for households

  Full responses to the Financial Times’ annual questionnaire

  
• January 2 2023
  News in-depth

  UK faces worst and longest recession in G7, say economists

  FT’s annual survey predicts a continuing cost of living squeeze and soaring borrowing costs in 2023

  
• December 29 2022
  Markets InsightDuncan Weldon

  UK will have to rely more on the kindness of strangers

  With the Bank of England unwinding its gilt portfolio, the country will need more buying from foreign investors

  
• December 25 2022
  Cost of living crisis

  Charity tries to provide dignity as well as food as cost of living soars

  On top of necessities of life, Humans MCR points people towards advice on all manner of financial struggles

  
• December 22 2022
  UK economy contracts by more than expected in third quarter

  Output remains below pre-pandemic levels while other G7 countries have pulled ahead

  
• December 20 2022
  Torsten Bell

  Strikes are an inevitability not an aberration

  Widespread stoppages, especially in the public sector, are a symptom of the state of the UK economy

  
• December 19 2022
  UK business & economy

  Jeremy Hunt to deliver next UK Budget in March

  First outing for chancellor’s red box in 18 months will focus on delivering economic growth

  
• December 18 2022
  ExplainerMarket Questions

  What will UK growth data reveal about consumer spending power?

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

  
• December 16 2022
  UK retail sales

  Declining consumer and business outlook suggest UK already in recession

  Falling monthly retail sales point to gloomier economic outlook ahead of Christmas

  
• December 12 2022
  UK economy rebounds by more than expected in October

  But GDP shrank over the three-month period, heralding a likely prolonged recession

  
• December 9 2022
  UK labour disputes

  Chancellor warns unions not to jeopardise Britain’s recovery

  Hunt says high pay demands will damage economy and prevent inflation falling fast enough

  
• December 8 2022
  UK household spending trails industrialised world as cost of living bites

  FT analysis finds Britain ranks 41st out of 43 nations as data signal worse to come