UK heads towards recession: how bad is it?

Briefing Wed 25 Jan 2012, AT 12:02

Some analysts believe we are already in recession, but there is some cause for optimism

In pictures: Pauper burials on the rise in US as economy fails

Paupers grave in Illinois, US
Bank of England

Britain is in double-dip recession, warn economists

One-Minute Read Mon 16 Jan 2012, AT 13:07

Forecasters say economy shrank in the last quarter and will do so again this year

Cracking Xmas for John Lewis but other retailers are hit hard

First Post Wed 4 Jan 2012, AT 16:14

Who were the winners and losers on the high street over the Christmas break?

Warren Buffett

The Buffett question: how should we tax the rich?

Richard Ehrman Tue 23 Aug 2011, AT 10:15

Should George Osborne give a tax break to entrepreneurs or the middle classes?

Robert Zoellick World Bank president

Zoellick: world economy has entered ‘new danger zone’

News Mon 15 Aug 2011, AT 09:44

Business digest: Investors have lost confidence in ‘leadership of key countries’, says World Bank chief

Retail Primark

‘Malls will empty’ as UK retail faces grim summer

News Mon 27 Jun 2011, AT 09:25

Business Digest: No one's moving, no one’s buying... Habitat is just the first to go

Piggy Bank

UK household spending in recession

News Thu 26 May 2011, AT 10:33

Business digest: Household spending has fallen for two consecutive quarters

Retail, January sales, high street

UK retailers face decade of gloom

News Mon 16 May 2011, AT 16:47

Business digest: Consumers too busy paying off debts to spend money in shops, says think tank

Unemployment

UK unemployment at 17-year high

News Wed 16 Mar 2011, AT 10:55

Business digest: Young people hardest hit with 18 per cent out of work

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