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Financial stability update says UK lenders have capacity to weather global uncertainty
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised prices for everything from energy to wheat, adding to inflationary pressures worldwide
Inflation piles pressure on central bank to increase rates by 50 basis points for first time
Services activity in world’s second-largest economy moves back into expansion territory
Plus, KPMG’s UAE business in turmoil and Johnson knew about misconduct allegations against MP
Prospect of ‘massive’ travel disruption intensifies as more unions ballot members and fuel protests clog main roads
Joachim Nagel reflects concerns over plan to counter divergence in eurozone borrowing costs
UK motorists protest over fuel prices, Ukraine says reconstruction will cost $750bn, Germany posts first trade deficit since 1991
Soaring energy prices and trading disruption push balance €1bn into the red for May
Plan to transform holdings will limit share of bonds with high carbon footprint bank accepts as collateral
The (so far fruitless) debate over carbon border measures is taking place privately between the EU and the US
Plus, speculation grows over Xi’s health and Russia captures Luhansk region
Country’s biggest pension fund reduces equity holdings as it predicts years of economic slowdown
Disruption to food and energy imports caused by war in Ukraine adds to pressure on prices
The collapse of the yen piles pressure on the central bank to change course after decades of loose monetary policy
Dour commentary misses reform in the largest developing economies since the taper tantrum last sent investors fleeing
An absolutist, ‘whatever it takes’ approach was the right call in the financial crisis. It won’t work to rein in current price rises
Share prices that rose on pandemic-related drop in claims have turned south
Proposals to cut red tape do not address problems of underfunding, say sector leaders
Resolution Foundation finds renters, single parents and those with young children to be most vulnerable
Amazon founder accuses White House of ‘misdirection’ in tackling soaring prices
Cargo prevented from entering Black Sea port after Kyiv complains of resources stolen in invasion
Plus, the summer of discontent heats up a few degrees and Ukraine recovery talks begin in Lugano
Martín Guzmán’s exit points to government divisions as inflation rises and public finances deteriorate
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