Cost of living crisis
The Observer view on Geert Wilders’ win: far-right victory is a warning to the rest of Europe | Observer editorial
The Netherlands’ election was no clean sweep, but it signals the perils of inaction on migration and the cost of living
Observer editorial
26, Nov, 2023 @6:01 AM
Concerns over Europe economy as poll finds almost 23% of Spaniards have anxiety over cost of living – as it happened
Respondents to survey for newspaper El País and radio network SER also saw inflation as a bigger global threat than war, energy instability, terrorism and the climate crisis
Lili Bayer in Brussels
06, Nov, 2023 @4:29 PM
University students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’
Maintenance loans almost entirely wiped out by accommodation costs, according to research
Sally Weale Education correspondent
25, Oct, 2023 @11:01 PM
UK interest rates will need to stay high into 2024, warns IMF
Britain faces ‘fairly subdued’ growth and ‘persistent’ inflation, global economic health check finds
Larry Elliott in Marrakesh
10, Oct, 2023 @2:43 PM
New Zealand voters search for relief from ‘shocking’ living costs as election looms
Tax cuts and cheaper fruit among Labour and National party plans to address rising cost of living pressures as people once comfortable are swept into crisis
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
15, Sep, 2023 @8:00 PM
Hunger and hope: Africans tell of desperation and innovation as climate summit meets
As delegates in Nairobi debate the havoc that climate crisis has wreaked on the continent, we speak to people finding new ways to feed themselves in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa
Peter Muiruri in Kenya, Patience Akumu in Uganda, Silence Charumbira in South Africa
06, Sep, 2023 @1:27 PM
Pakistan in uproar as protests over soaring energy prices turn violent
Traders close shops, electricity bills are set alight and utility firm staff are attacked as anger rises over living costs and political strife
Zofeen T Ebrahim in Karachi
05, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM
Sales at vegan burger maker Beyond Meat fall by almost a third
US firm cuts revenue forecast as consumers opt for cheaper options amid cost of living crisis
Sarah Butler and Julia Kollewe
08, Aug, 2023 @4:58 PM
Death toll rises as Kenya’s cost-of-living protests continue
Opposition leader Raila Odinga rallies his supporters to the streets where there have been clashes with armed police in Nairobi and western city of Kisumu
Peter Muiruri in Nairobi
21, Jul, 2023 @5:00 AM
JP Morgan puts more money aside for defaults amid cost of living crisis
Wall Street bank’s profits rise 40% to $13.3bn as interest rates charged to borrowers increase
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
14, Jul, 2023 @3:09 PM
Nokia and Ericsson shares fall as cost of living crisis hits telecoms sales
Finnish company lowers profit expectations, while Swedish firm expects flat or ‘slightly up’ margins
Mark Sweney
14, Jul, 2023 @11:45 AM
Dough: David Lescot’s play weighs a man’s life in his bank balance
We follow our loser hero from tooth fairy credits to funeral debts in a comedy of financial errors exploring money as a transactional link through all relationships
Kim Willsher
14, Jun, 2023 @2:06 PM
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