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Greece agrees reform for €12bn aid
Greece will receive a crucial €12bn (£10.7bn) cash injection in international aid despite the authorities concluding that "reinvigoration of fiscal and broader structural reforms" is needed to stabilise the economy.
03 Jun 2011
US jobs figures raise fears about global recovery
Fears rose for the strength of the global recovery, after jobs figures from the US capped off a week of alarming data.
03 Jun 2011
US economy: in graphs
US employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May and the jobless rate rose to 9.1pc, raising concerns the economy might be stuck in a painful slow-growth mode. Here, we take a closer look at the world's largest economy.
03 Jun 2011
US jobless rate rises to 9.1pc: reaction
US employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May and the jobless rate rose to 9.1pc, raising concerns the economy might be stuck in a painful slow-growth mode. Here is what six leading US analysts thought of the figures.
03 Jun 2011
US job woe raises fears for economic growth
US employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May and the jobless rate rose to 9.1pc, raising concerns the economy might be stuck in a painful slow-growth mode.
03 Jun 2011
Service growth around the world
A snapshot of how the UK compares with some of its global counterparts in terms of manufacturing activity.
03 Jun 2011
UK service slowdown: reaction
Britain's powerhouse services sector grew at its slowest pace in three months in May. Here's how analysts reacted to the news.
03 Jun 2011
Weakened UK services sector points to poor Q2
Britain's powerhouse services sector provided further evidence that the recovery is losing momentum as activity grew at its slowest pace in three months in May.
03 Jun 2011
The eurozone needs a Plan B, 'quarantining' the weak is too costly
Will politics continue to dominate the economics in the eurozone's response to the peripheral debt crisis? Or will the economics come to dominate the politics?
03 Jun 2011
Trichet pushes for a European finance ministry
Jean Claude Trichet has called for the creation of a European finance ministry whose powers to intervene in national economic policy would be 'well over and above the reinforced surveillance'.
03 Jun 2011
UK shoppers have 'Stockholm Syndrome'
British shoppers seem to be suffering from "Stockholm Syndrome", according to new analysis explaining their happiness with supermarkets despite rising food prices.
03 Jun 2011
Osborne must give companies a reason to stop hoarding their cash
Our road to economic redemption continued on Thursday with decent construction numbers ironing out Tuesday's manufacturing bumps.
03 Jun 2011
Champions League final offers foretaste of Olympic windfall to come
If there were any doubts about Britain's enthusiasm for the Olympics, they have been eroded over the last week.
03 Jun 2011
US faces credit-rating review
A second credit rating agency has threatened to put the US under review for a possible downgrade unless politicians put their squabbles aside and agree to raise the statutory debt limit.
02 Jun 2011
A taxing problem in the North Sea
Telegraph View: a Budget windfall tax spectacularly backfires.
02 Jun 2011
UK slowdown teaches valuable lesson of supply and demand
If the last few months have taught us anything about economics, they have been a reminder of the importance of demand.
02 Jun 2011
Greece suffers jump in credit default swaps
The cost of insuring Greek debt rose on Thursday morning after the debt-laden country suffered another credit-rating downgrade from Moody's.
02 Jun 2011
Relief at UK construction growth
Britain's construction sector enjoyed a modest pick-up in growth in May, according to a leading survey, offering some respite from the barrage of gloomy economic data.
02 Jun 2011
Greece's economy: in graphs
Greece suffered another humiliating blow on Wednesday night when credit rating agency Moody's downgraded its rating on Greek bonds even further into junk status. Here, we take a closer look at the eurozone member's troubled economy.
02 Jun 2011
The UK's super-cities: in pictures
Seven 'super-cities' designated the business hubs of the next decade.
02 Jun 2011
World's gloomiest economies
Top five most negative nations when it comes to rating their own economy.
02 Jun 2011
UK economic gloom among worst in world
Just one in 10 rate the economy as 'good', according to a new poll.
02 Jun 2011
UK mortgage approvals hit record low in April
Mortgage approvals fell in April to their lowest level for the month since records began in 1993, amid warnings sliding house prices are likely to start hurting the country's biggest banks within months.
02 Jun 2011
World's happiest economies
Top five most positive nations when it comes to rating their own economy.
02 Jun 2011
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