GDP

Paris floods

Economy

Pusher power: France to use illegal drug sales to boost economic growth by billions

Italy's stagnation maybe over but it's staring at a painfully long road to recovery
World Bank says UK is world's fifth-largest economy but Iain Duncan Smith reckons its fourth
China's credit boom on 'dangerous' path with massive consequences for global economy

Brexit Article 50

One year after the Brexit vote, the UK may have faced the economic calm before the storm

Food banks

Has austerity benefited the poor of Britain? The editor of the Spectator thinks so

UK inflation

Rising inflation outlook boosted global equity and property prices over first quarter

Theresa May in India

Indian economic growth surpasses UK for first time in 150 years as Brexit plays spoilsport

HMRC plans to enforce tougher penalties for accountants and advisers who help their clients dodge taxes

UK faces £66bn annual tax revenue hit and 9.5% GDP cut from hard Brexit

A man walks past a parade of closed shops in Liverpool.

All-important UK services sector activity hits weakest level since March 2009

Partha Dasgupta, Jose Abreu & Robert May

Tyler Prize 2016: British economist Partha Dasgupta wins top environmental award

High Street

UK economy: Shoppers save the day as consumption spending lifts economic growth by 0.5%

Liverpool, England

CBI downgrades UK 2016 and 2017 GDP forecasts amid tepid wage growth