Larry Elliott, The Guardian

Larry Elliott

The Guardian

New Zealand

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Past articles by Larry:

UK interest rates likely to rise again despite slowing labour market

Rising unemployment and slowing jobs growth will not counteract strong pay pressure → Read More

Bank of England boss vows to ‘see the job through’ on reducing inflation

Andrew Bailey to give speech in City of London signalling further interest rate rises are in store → Read More

End to universal credit’s Covid top-up is fuelling rise in poverty, warns IFS

Pandemic’s £20 benefit uplift led to sharp fall in households living in poverty but replacement is far less effective → Read More

The planet heats, the world economy cools – the real global recession is ecological

Governments focus on the climate when they have few other economic worries. That can no longer be the case → Read More

Risks of UK housing crash rising by the day as fixed-rate mortgage deals end

The tipping point for the economy could come if fixed-rate mortgages rise above 7% → Read More

As mortgage rates surge, the Tories are losing their reputation for economic competence

The party is tearing itself to pieces as terrified borrowers face a new Age of Insecurity → Read More

Sunak, Hunt and homebuyers brace for an economic Big Wednesday

The midweek inflation bulletin could be the most significant piece of government data published this year → Read More

The west has broken its promises to developing countries – and we’re all paying the price

A summit in Paris this month offers a way to tackle this disastrous failure, but only if western leaders bother to turn up, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott → Read More

Don’t rule out half-point interest rate rise after pickup in UK wage growth

Bank of England had been looking for signs of labour market softening so it could take foot off brake → Read More

George Soros’s indelible mark on UK runs deeper than Black Wednesday

Breaking Bank of England in 1992 arguably set off wave of Euroscepticism that would engulf British politics → Read More

Economic growth to pick up but risks to recovery ‘elevated’, say UK forecasts

Households and firms can expect more financial pain despite Britain dodging technical recession, says KPMG → Read More

Urge to soothe markets may blunt Labour’s edge on Tories

Scaling back of green prosperity plan reflects a possibly costly desire to project fiscal stability → Read More

UK government can rule out pre-election feelgood factor from property market

The question is not whether house prices will continue to fall but how big the drop will be → Read More

Higher interest rates risk another global financial crisis, says OECD

UK at particular risk due to high government borrowing following pandemic and Ukraine war → Read More

Poorest countries are biggest losers from economic shocks, says World Bank

Combined impact of Covid crisis, Ukraine war and tough measures by central banks taking heavy toll → Read More

Housebuilders cut back on construction as UK mortgage rate rises spook buyers

Work on residential building sites slips in May to weakest level since 2009 → Read More

Hard-pressed UK shoppers feel food ‘shrinkflation’

Consumers increasingly claim that manufacturers are reducing the size of products, Barclays research finds → Read More

UK property market lacks spring bounce but a crash is unlikely

It’s reasonable to expect a fall in nominal house prices of at least 10%. That’s a chunky fall – and a welcome one → Read More

‘We’re crap at capitalism. We need something different’: the battle for economic revival in the Welsh valleys

Decades of attempts to overcome economic blight in the region have failed. Now some say a fresh approach is needed → Read More

Brexit, the environment, energy bills

Cross-party consensus was once called Butskellism. What do we call it when even Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt agree? says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott → Read More