Utility companies are currently facing “code red”. Last week, reports of overstressed power grids made headlines in the US, UK and the Netherlands. New technologies

Britain’s sharp regional divide is on track to deepen with London’s economy pulling further ahead despite the government’s levelling up promises, according to a report.

Leading economists warn today that Jeremy Hunt will “cost the country dear” if he gambles on pre-election cuts to tax and spending in this week’s

As migration hits record levels worldwide, a debate is building among economists over whether some industries are becoming too dependent on foreign labor. Many business

The eurozone’s annual rate of inflation slowed again in February as food prices cooled, increasing the likelihood that the European Central Bank will cut its

India has retained its title of the world’s fastest growing major economy as it expanded 8.4% in the last three months of 2023, from a

The Nikkei stock index recorded last week its first new high in 34 years, a fitting tribute to Japan’s re-emergence as a genuinely exciting economy.

By one measure inflation is closing in on the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. By another it is still far away. Whether, and how, that gap

Mortgage rates climbed for the fourth week in a row, inching closer to 7% just as peak homebuying season gets underway. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage

Rising prices continued to loom large in January, but new data released Thursday showed that inflation is still on a downward — albeit bumpy —