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Oil Hits 2024 High as Middle East Tensions Overshadow Weakened Economic Outlook

Key Takeaways Oil futures surged to their highest point so far this year in intraday trading Friday amid reports Israel…

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Health

Economic burden of childhood verbal abuse by adults estimated at $300 billion globally

Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion (£239 billion) a year globally, show findings presented at…

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Money

What’s the Economic Impact of the Solar Eclipse?

Key Takeaways The total solar eclipse Monday could generate $6 billion in economic activity, according to one estimate. Businesses along…

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Real Estate

Disappointing Economic News Hampers Early Spring Homebuying Activity

Rising mortgage rates thwarted the first weeks of the spring market, according to a Redfin housing report published on Thursday.…

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Politics

Levelling up report card: how the Tories’ pledges stack up today | Economic policy

The 2019 Conservative manifesto promised that the party would make “the most of the opportunities of Brexit” and “level up”…

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Politics

Rachel Reeves the chess player has an eye on the economic endgame | William Keegan

When preparing to become Labour’s chancellor in 1964, James Callaghan used to go up to Oxford for economics lessons at…

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Health

Food matters: Healthy diets increase the economic and physical feasibility of 1.5°C

A global shift to a healthier, more sustainable diet could be a huge lever to limit global warming to 1.5°C,…

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Politics

Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’ | Minimum wage

The minimum wage has driven up the pay of millions of Britain’s lowest earners by £6,000 a year, making it…

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Politics

China is ‘greatest threat to UK’s economic security’ – Sunak

Rishi Sunak has said that China represents the “greatest state-based threat” to the UK’s economic security. The British prime minister…

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Politics

Poverty is deepening in modern Britain – but will economic growth be the solution? | Poverty

Modern Britain: the sixth-richest economy in the world, with 12 million people living in absolute poverty. The latest official figures…

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