Financial crisis
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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European Central Bank will reassess stimulus measures in early 2015, and cuts growth and inflation forecasts again
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All the latest business and economics news, as eurozone business activity slows and the Treasury says it will redeem first war bonds as part of the autumn statement
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PMI, a good indicator of growth, sinks to 51.1 from October’s 52.1 leading to warnings of renewed contraction in new year
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Factory activity beats City expectations with growth rate reaching fastest pace since July
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Off the Page: microplays from the Royal Court and the Guardian Body politics: making the Guardian and the Royal Court’s microplay PPE
Inspired by the Farage laugh and the Cameron hand-splay, our microplay examines the power of politicians’ physical gestures – and the failure to engineer real change after the financial crisis -
Former Tory minister talks about how he first got into politics; why some people are now voting Ukip; and why he is still in favour of the euro
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Polish ambassador says David Cameron’s welfare proposals are unlikely to win backing from EU leaders
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Governments are not flush enough to contemplate a second wave of bailouts, which leaves the problem of too ‘big to fail’ unsolved, writes Larry Elliott
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Business leader: the PM has taken an us-and-them approach to problems in the world economy. But the UK is a key participant in the system
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Guardian business live Global growth fears as eurozone and Chinese manufacturing slows - business live
All the latest business and economic news, as Eurozone growth falters and the ECJ’s main advisor rejects Britain’s pleas over bank bonus rules -
Sigurjon Arnason, who led one of three Icelandic banks that collapsed in 2008, sentenced for market manipulation
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Monetary policy committee member warns decline in international banking flows could increase the UK’s vulnerability to domestic shocks
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Last week, Greece came out of recession for the first time in six years. Are you seeing any signs of recovery?
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Guardian Comment Network Labour bungled City regulation. Here’s how the Tories are putting it right
Nadhim Zahawi for ConservativeHome, part of the Guardian Comment NetworkNadhim Zahawi for ConservativeHome: Financial reform is on the Conservative agenda. Labour helped cause the recession because it didn’t understand free markets -
David Cameron: The G20 meeting in Brisbane made it clearer than ever to me that we in Britain must stick to our long-term economic plan
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As PM warns of economic red lights, it’s fair to say UK’s tax and spending policies are his fault, but not long-term global problems
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PM says ‘red warning lights are flashing’ against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close
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Letters: Banking has become synonymous with short-term profiteering to line the pockets of hedge fund gamblers and tax avoiders, at the expense of individual and business customers
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Chief economist Andy Haldane to criticise failure to discuss banking issues prior to financial crisis
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Brisbane summit action plan relates to living standards, banks, climate change, Ebola and tax evasion … and much more
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Business Leader: Could Italy be heading for an exit from the euro? It is no longer unthinkable
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Our correspondents around the European capitals report on parliaments in the grip of tumultuous change
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Business leader: Even after PPI, forex and the financial crisis, many of the directors who presided over scandal remain in public life
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William Keegan: Germany was at the heart of the struggle between east and west. Now it is at the heart of one between growth and deflation
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Alinah Azadeh and her young family faced losing their home, but she walked out of court finally feeling unafraid about the future
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Economists warn that the eurozone remains weak, after Germany avoided recession but Italy suffered another contraction
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Nils Pratley on finance The forex scandal proves fines don’t deter bad banks. So ban them from trading
Nils Pratley: Banks’ claims to have ‘learned the lessons’ of the crash have been exploded. Now they must be taught the hard way -
‘Depression babies’ must not run away from investing in stocks because it is their safest long-term bet, says Patrick O’Shaughnessy, the author of Millennial Money
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Europe’s core countries must unlock growth potential in their economies with rigorous programme of reform, says OECD
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Fall in confidence, weak investment and increasingly bleak outlook for global economy take toll on single currency bloc
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Rethinking prosperity An economic system that supports people and planet is still possible
Stewart WallisNo new vision arose from the ashes after the financial crisis exposed the failings of today’s economic system, but while the task is daunting it’s still within reach -
Economics on Monday As the Berlin Wall fell, checks on capitalism crumbled
Larry Elliott, economics editorLarry Elliott: The insistence by the Vatican that markets must be underpinned by morality is not a new one
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Guardian business live Japanese stimulus drives stock markets higher; eurozone inflation inches up - business live
The Dow Jones industrial average has hit a new record high, as investors cheer the Bank of Japan’s new stimulus programme
Guardian Comment Network What Gordon Brown got right as prime minister