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Britain's mortgage-hike timebomb is the price homeowners. ..
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (350+ words) Sunday 26 April 2026 One of the central tenets of Britain's political right is that individual agency is morally and economically superior to any form of collective action, regulation or public institution; "in "its eyes, the latter are all innately inefficient and…...
Campaign to embrace new view of British enterprise
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (48+ words) Sunday 26 April 2026 O, The Observer Magazine How to live well " new writing on food, style, design, travel and shopping from our best writers, including Nigel Slater Nelson Peltz seeks more spice from Unilever after foods merger Fossil fuel non-proliferation is…...
Food, energy and mortgages. .. the next economic casualti. ..
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (740+ words) 50% off limited time offer Sunday 5 April 2026 There is no way around it: the war in Iran and the Middle East will be felt in the UK, and Keir Starmer has kicked off Labour's campaign for May's local elections by promising…...
Enlightened capitalism is what we need in these dark times
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (435+ words) Sunday 29 March 2026 Even Larry Fink, chief executive of Black Rock, the largest asset management firm in the world, has discovered that modern capitalism does not work well for everyone. In his latest letter to investors he warns that it is…...
The Observer view: "4. 3bn a week
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (195+ words) Sunday 22 March 2026 Eight per cent of GDP was equivalent last year to "224bn, or about "4. 3bn a week. That is the equivalent of taking Scotland " the North Sea included " out of the UK economy. It's a good deal more than the GDP…...
The great UK unemployment debate
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (159+ words) Saturday 7 March 2026 Is the recent rise in UK unemployment cyclical or structural? Or, in non-economist speak, will higher joblessness prove temporary, or will it persist even as the economy improves? Were it not for recent events in the Middle East,…...
Warsh may look the part but White House tensions still loom
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (467+ words) Saturday, 31 January 2026 Kevin Warsh, Trump's pick for Federal Reserve chair Few doubt Warsh's apparent credentials. A banker by background, he has worked in policy" and for a hedge fund, and has previous experience as an interest-rate setter at the Federal…...
The criminal investigation into Jay Powell is about more. ..
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (802+ words) Wednesday, 14 January 2026 Eleven central bank chiefs have signed a statement declaring "full solidarity" with Jay Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, after the US launched a criminal investigation into Powell and a $2. 5 billion project to renovate historic Fed buildings. So…...