Economics
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Centre for Cities urges the government to address the geographical divide by continuing to increase investment in regional economies
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Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments
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Ever since Thomas More wrote Utopia 500 years ago, visionaries from William Morris to Ursula K Le Guin have dreamed of ideal worlds. But beneath the fig-leaf of fiction, the results are often bland – or bloody
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Data expected to show modest growth in 2015’s last quarter but this could be constrained by fears over China’s economy and EU referendum
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But chancellor tells Davos he will stick to ‘plan A’ as March budget looms
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Shares recover from week’s heavy losses, with shares boosted by rising oil prices and ECB meeting
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Now the bankers’ triumph is complete
Joris LuyendijkThe Big Short explains the role of top bankers in the 2008 crash, but nothing much has changed -
In the third in our series, we ask whether Saudi Arabia’s response to changing times will also lead to political transformation
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Chancellor’s Davos speech to UK business leaders stresses importance of completing promised economic reform around world
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The full effect of China’s economic decline on the world is unclear, but for the steel city of Tangshan the future already looks decidedly bleak
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Don’t blame China for these global economic jitters
Ha-Joon ChangIn truth the west failed to learn from the 2008 crash. Any economic ‘recovery’ was built on asset bubbles -
British voters do not have much affection for investment bankers – many will see vague threats to go elsewhere as arrogant
Brexit 'would trigger economic and financial shock' for UK