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Note to George Osborne in upper class: beware the plebs who fly economy

19 Oct 2014: William Keegan: It is symbolic that the chancellor of a government that proclaims that “we are all in this together” is travelling upper class while inflicting dangerous cuts on public services
Fed chair Janet Yellen says income inequality is un-American

17 Oct 2014: Chair of the US Federal Reserve says increasing inequality runs contrary to American values and undermines mobility
Financial storm clouds cast a deep shadow over IMF summit

12 Oct 2014: Larry Elliott: markets are diving, Germany and the eurozone are weak and there is alarm over Ebola and a potential banking bubble, so the themes were sombre when the IMF and World Bank met in Washington last week
Six years after Lehman’s crash, US and UK play out next financial crisis

11 Oct 2014: War game designed to test readiness of central banks as exercise will stress-test new global regulations
The biggest sales job in the US: Obama and Ben Bernanke try to convince America the economy is good

10 Oct 2014: ‘There is a lot of revisionism out there,’ the former Fed chair said Wednesday. But as he and others protect their legacy, are they trying to make the economy look better than it is?
US designed bailout to 'punish' AIG over financial crisis, court hears

8 Oct 2014: Former Treasury secretaries Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson testify during former AIG chief’s lawsuit against government
Wall Street records lower profits and jobs numbers in the first half of 2014

7 Oct 2014: Report cites legal costs and regulation as the primary constraints on the securities industry, even as bonuses look likely to rise
US adds nearly 250,000 jobs in September as jobless rate dips to 5.9%

3 Oct 2014: Strong September leads to 5.9% unemployment rate but long-term jobs remain persistent issue for economy eking out growth
IMF urges greater infrastructure spending after 30-year decline

30 Sep 2014: Report singles out Germany and US over need for more public funded investment in transport to boost longer-term growth
Is Alaska the new Florida? Experts predict where next for America's 'climate refugees'

28 Sep 2014: Jennifer A Kingson reports that rising temperatures could spark massive population shifts across the United States
Why is Thomas Piketty's 700-page book a bestseller?

21 Sep 2014: Thomas Piketty is a French economist whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century has swept American discourse. Four experts – Brad DeLong, Tyler Cowen, Stephanie Kelton and Emanuel Derman – take on why that is
IMF warns of new threats to global economy due to excessive risk taking

17 Sep 2014: Geopolitical tensions and increased risk taking add to disruption, though world economy expected to pick up during 2015
Fed in no hurry to raise interest rates as it details 'gradual' plans to exit stimulus

17 Sep 2014: Central bank to keep rates near zero ‘for a considerable time’ and says it will exit quantitative easing ‘in a gradual and predictable manner’
Small business by the numbers: from minimum wage to sacrificing your sex life

14 Sep 2014: As Guardian US launches its small business coverage, we start with the basics: Small businesses are the engine of the US economy. Here are some surprising facts that illuminate how important they are
Adelanto: California's inland city that could vanish from the map

12 Sep 2014: As the city considers what it would mean to disincorporate, its people struggle in the poverty-ridden ‘armpit of the desert’