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Yen soars as Bank of Japan tipped to raise interest rates

Jump lifts currency to highest level against dollar in a month, while global markets remain jittery

Heather Stewart and Graeme Wearden5d ago

John Lewis to launch YouTube chatshow to improve AI search results

Department store chain’s Gift List ‘vodcast’ will be hosted by TV presenter Angela Scanlon

Sarah Butler5d ago

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson warns of annual loss in ‘subdued’ property market

Firm will complete fewer homes than expected in year to 31 October – between 1,350 and 1,400

Julia Kollewe6d ago

Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

Graham Readfearn6d ago

Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget

Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’

Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot6d ago

Burnham beware, the bond markets will demand proper answers in the budget

Fair to say the current sell-off is international, but the PM has said little yet to make investors rethink the UK’s status

Nils Pratley6d ago

Australia’s economy limps along, but the RBA should take a closer look before raising interest rates again

The story of the economy at the moment is one of give and take – and what’s good for investment is ‘bad’ for trade

Greg Jericho6d ago

Australians are buying EVs instead of holidaying in Europe – and other things we learned from the national accounts

ABS’s snapshot of Australia’s accounts shows economic growth – albeit low – in the face ‘challenging international circumstances’

Patrick Commins Economics editor6d ago

BP seeks to end years of boardroom turmoil with appointment of new chair

Ian Tyler, already in role on an interim basis, is tasked with shifting strategy to refocus on fossil fuel extraction

Julia Kollewe6d ago

Bond market sell-off calms as oil price drops, and Burnham pledges ‘fiscal responsibility’ – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Graeme Wearden6d ago

Taxing the banks: what Europe’s windfall levies brought in as Burnham eyes his next move

Ahead of a crucial budget, four countries’ experiments offer a mixed verdict on how to tax bumper profits

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent6d ago

Range Rover launches its first electric vehicle, with starting price of £154,070

Fully electric SUV unveiled after year-long delay and will be built at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in Solihull

Rob Davies2 Sept

Ryanair warns air fares in Europe will jump next year if oil price stays high

Budget carrier says airlines could go bust as it cuts passenger targets to reduce exposure to ‘unhedged winter oil’

Julia Kollewe2 Sept

Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears

UK borrowing costs driven up, adding to challenges facing John Healey as he prepares for first budget

Heather Stewart Economics editor2 Sept

Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised system

Maya Goodfellow2 Sept

Private equity keeps picking off London-listed firms – and Westminster barely notices

Bodycote is the latest FTSE 250 industrial company set to fall to an overseas bidder, despite the government’s talk of ‘reindustrialising’

Nils Pratley1 Sept

UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor’s budget headroom

Yield on 30-year gilts highest since 1998 as rout triggered by global factors underlines tricky backdrop John Healey faces

Heather Stewart Economics editor1 Sept

Global bond rout deepens as oil prices jump; wheat prices highest since early 2023 – as it happened

European stock markets fall and Brent crude jumps above $92 a barrel amid renewed fighting in Middle East

Julia Kollewe1 Sept

London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn

Mark Sweney1 Sept

From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areas

Joanna Partridge1 Sept

UK house prices rise for first time since April, says Nationwide

Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate vote