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Reddit aims for $6bn stock float; bitcoin at new record high – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help bitcoin rally above $71,800

Jasper Jolly

11, Mar, 2024 @3:01 PM

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First UK banknotes featuring Charles III to be released on 5 June
Bank of England says any machine that handles UK banknotes must be updated to accept the new designs

Rupert Jones

21, Feb, 2024 @2:10 PM

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UK inflation steady in January; Uber to buy back $7bn in shares after first profit – as it happened
Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as the UK consumer price index sticks at 4% below economists’ 4.2% forecast

Jasper Jolly

14, Feb, 2024 @3:23 PM

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The Guardian view on the digital pound: an impetuous idea with a risky momentum of its own | Editorial
Editorial: A ‘Britcoin’ would trade convenience for societal dangers that hard cash keeps in check

Editorial

12, Feb, 2024 @6:48 PM

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Smiles all round as financial markets end 2023 on an unexpected high
Equities worldwide have had a good year, the pound looks healthy and gold is positively gleaming. Shame about the lacklustre state of most UK shares

Graeme Wearden

31, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM

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UK dealmaking shrinks in 2023, but economy predicted to ‘turn corner’ in 2024 – as it happened
PwC predicts inflation will fall near ‘normal levels’ in 2024, but corporate insolvencies are forecast to jump

Graeme Wearden

28, Dec, 2023 @4:02 PM

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Brexit car tariffs to be suspended for three years as EU protects car exports – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey calls for UK to ‘embrace AI’

Jasper Jolly

06, Dec, 2023 @3:02 PM

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Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn
Treasury select committee highlights concerns over data privacy and increased possibility of bank runs

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

02, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM

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UK decision to scrap caps on bankers’ bonuses condemned as ‘obscene decision’ by union – as it happened
The number of unemployed grew by 82,000 in the three months to August and Barclays seeks to cut costs after profits dip

Mark Sweney

24, Oct, 2023 @2:25 PM

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UK mortgage approvals hit six-month low; pandemic recovery faster than expected – as it happened
Updated GDP figures show UK recovering faster from pandemic than Germany or France, but mortgage approvals have fallen

Graeme Wearden

29, Sep, 2023 @2:33 PM

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Bank of England governor says ‘no room for complacency’ after leaving interest rates on hold – as it happened
BoE policymakers were split 5-4 on interest rates this month, with a narrow majority voting to leave Bank rate at 5.25%

Graeme Wearden

21, Sep, 2023 @3:12 PM

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Pound on worst run since March 2020 as weak economy curbs interest rate rises
New report suggests British economy almost stalled in July as consumers limited spending

Larry Elliott Economics editor

24, Jul, 2023 @4:48 PM

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