Graeme Wearden
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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UK chip designer Arm seeks $52bn valuation in New York listing
Stock exchange float will raise less than owner SoftBank hoped, but could still be biggest IPO of year → Read More
Shell makes ‘obscene’ $9.65bn profit in first quarter of 2023 – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news → Read More
Stock market reforms aim to revitalise City of London; US regional bank shares hit again – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as FCA proposes shake-up that could expose investors to more risk → Read More
UK house prices pick up in April after seven months of falls – business live
Nationwide reports that UK house price growth shows ‘signs of stabilisation’ in April, rising by 0.5% → Read More
Brits ‘need to accept’ they’re worse off and stop pushing wages and prices higher, says BoE chief economist – as it happened
Huw Pill says someone in UK needs to accept that they’re worse off and stop trying to maintain their real spending power through higher wages or prices → Read More
Britons ‘need to accept’ they’re poorer, says Bank of England economist
Chief economist Huw Pill says workers and firms should stop trying to pass on rising costs by hiking prices or demanding better wages → Read More
Sunak criticised for ‘own goal’ over loss of tax-free shopping for tourists, as PM tries to woo business leaders – as it happened
Rishi Sunak hears concerns over tax-free shopping rules, AI and CBI allegations at first summit with UK corporate leaders → Read More
CBI scandal could deter women from joining City, top financier tells Sunak
Jeremy Hunt says government will not wait for CBI crisis to abate before engaging with businesses → Read More
Asking price of properties popular with UK first-time buyers hits record
Average of £224,963 for homes with one or two bedrooms is 2% higher than a year ago, says Rightmove → Read More
‘Deeply sorry’ CBI suspends policy and membership activity until June after firms quit following second rape allegation – as it happened
John Lewis, BMW, NatWest, Unilever, Aviva, Virgin Media 02 and GSK also distance from lobby group after Guardian reports into alleged misconduct → Read More
CBI to suspend operations until June after exodus of top UK businesses
Companies from John Lewis to NatWest quit membership body after Guardian revelations over alleged sexual misconduct → Read More
CBI’s future in doubt after flood of UK’s biggest firms quit
Members including John Lewis and NatWest exit after Guardian reports of sexual misconduct allegations → Read More
Retail sales in Great Britain dampened by poor weather
March sales fell by 0.9%, says ONS, which was more than economists had predicted → Read More
Final UK interest rate rise expected in May; profits driving up inflation, warns ECB; US jobless claims rise – as it happened
Economists predict inflation will prompt Bank of England to lift rates again in May, for last time in current cycle → Read More
Bank of England expected to raise interest rates again after UK inflation only dips to 10.1% – as it happened
UK inflation failed to drop into single-digit levels last month as food prices kept soaring, meaning central bank expected to raise borrowing costs again → Read More
THG receives buyout proposal from private equity, FTSE 100 posts best run since December 2020 – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK’s blue-chip index heads for seventh day of gains in a row → Read More
Akshata Murty to get almost £6.7m in Infosys dividends
Income of Rishi Sunak’s wife from Indian tech firm to reach £13m for financial year → Read More
Strikes drag UK economic growth to a standstill; mortgage defaults rising as households struggle – as it happened
Latest GDP report shows that civil service and teachers’ strikes held back service sector growth, leading to no growth in February → Read More
US inflation rate falls to 5.0%; BoE’s Andrew Bailey doesn’t see ‘systemic banking crisis’ – as it happened
US CPI dropped more expected last month, but core inflation rose → Read More
UK on track to be worst-performing G7 economy this year, says IMF – as it happened
International Monetary Fund forecasts UK GDP will shrink by 0.3% in 2023, worse than other G7 countries → Read More