Business leaders’ confidence in UK economy improves

Business leaders’ optimism about the year ahead bounced back last month as signs of green shoots in the UK economy started to emerge. The Institute of Directors’ economic confidence index ... Read More

Stumbling Into Goldilocks

This time it’s up by almost six million. And while there was a wave of inflation ... sharp declines in business investment. What actually happened was that the economy proved far more resistant ... Read More

IoD: Tentative signs of economic green shoots as business confidence rises

The latest data from the Institute of Directors shows that business confidence in the UK ... economy has definitively turned the corner, as recently asserted by the Prime Minister, our latest poll ... Read More

With inflation back up, the long-predicted storm clouds in the economy may actually be forming

That marked the largest annual gain in half a year. Even though the current inflation rate ... Small-business owners haven’t felt this bad about the economy in over a decade Although the economy ... Read More

Political Cartoons on Inflation and the Economy

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Biden has a story to tell about the economy. Inflation gets in the way.

(Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) President Biden has a story he wants to tell voters about the economy ... suggesting a resurgence in inflation after signs had pointed in the other direction. Read More

Fed: Inflation Path to Be ‘Somewhat Uneven’

When the Federal Reserve met last month to consider interest rates, officials noted the economy’s “strong” momentum and higher-than-expected inflation ... and almost all participants judged ... Read More

Inflation: It's not just for the economy anymore

and they are rampantly on the rise. Grades -- the catch-22 of the modern university -- have steadily increased in recent decades, and grade inflation is now a larger concern in the academic community ... Read More

Blinder’s Grade Inflation for the Biden Economy

The Trump economy, pre-Covid, had lower inflation as well as higher inflation-adjusted growth in wages, gross domestic product, and the stock market than the Biden economy has so far. On climate ... Read More

Shop price inflation 'almost halves'

The annual rate of shop price inflation almost halved in March ... including rises in business rates and new border checks, which "could put progress on bringing down inflation at risk". Read More

Wholesale inflation jumps to highest level since April 2023

Inflation at the wholesale level gained steam in March, the latest sign that price pressures within the economy ... business stories of the week, plus CEO interviews, market updates, tech and ... Read More

Economy airline tickets are more expensive, but business class has actually gotten cheaper

Transatlantic airfare was also up in 2023, at $435.17 for a one-way economy ticket, compared to $381.08 in 2019, a 14% increase – still below inflation ... In 2023, a business class ticket ... Read More