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Phillip Inman

Phillip Inman is economics editor of the Observer and an economics writer for the Guardian. He is the author of Managing Your Debt, a Which? essential guide; and the Guardian e-book The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

August 2024

  • The Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

    UK recovery ‘will accelerate and force Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer’

    Niesr forecasts raise doubts over chance of further cuts by Bank of England before end of year
  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

    Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

    Mortgage payers and business owners vainly hope cut to 5% signals return to pre-pandemic era of cheap borrowing
  • People walk in front of the Bank of England

    Relief for borrowers as UK interest rates cut but little sign big reductions to come

    Incremental cuts likely over two to three years with rates expected to stay well above pre-Covid levels of 0.75%

July 2024

  • Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas

    France’s GDP gets €1bn lift from giant cruise ship as German economy shrinks

  • Shoppers with umbrellas walking along a street lined with stores

    Observer business agenda
    Bank of England set to rain on hopes of interest rate cut after economic bounce

  • Family Walking Through Winter Woodland Having Fun

    The two-child benefit cap: what is it, does it work and how much would it cost to scrap it?

  • the Treasury buildings in Whitehall.

    How bad are Britain’s finances? Key questions and answers on the state of the economy

  • Taxing the rich could solve many problems. Why is it so difficult in the UK?

    Phillip Inman

  • Eight charts that lay bare Labour’s spending inheritance from Tories

  • UK business activity expands in ‘encouraging start to second half of year’

  • Business live
    Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened

  • Rachel Reeves pledges ‘big bang’ for private pension funds

June 2024

  • Babies in a hospital nursery. In 2022 the fertility rate across England and Wales fell to 1.49 children per woman.

    The baby bust: how Britain’s falling birthrate is creating alarm in the economy

  • General Election campaign 2024<br>Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves visit Ocean Gate container terminal at Southampton docks where they saw trains being loaded with goods from around the world and later held a Q&amp;A with workers. The two were campaigning in the south of England for next month’s General Election on July4. Picture date: Monday June 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Election Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    A Norway deal? Rejoining? What are Labour’s options for forging closer ties with Europe?

  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visits a construction site in York last week.

    Starmer’s growth plan ‘doomed’ without access to EU markets, warn economists

  • People walk in front of the Bank of England building

    Bank of England keeps interest rates at 5.25% in ‘finely balanced’ decision

  • Business live
    Pound falls as UK interest rates left on hold in ‘finely balanced’ decision – as it happened

  • 14 years of Tory rule – in data
    The economy: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tory government ‘worst in postwar era’, claims expert study – as it happened

  • UK inflation: which everyday items have fallen in price most?

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