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Public services need another £44bn by 2025 to cope with inflation, says IFS

Severe cuts to services feared as rising costs absorb a big chunk of increased departmental spending

The Guardian - UK

MPC expected to raise interest rate Wednesday

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to raise the policy interest rate for the first time in two years by 0.25% on Wednesday to 0.75%, as inflation soared above 7% in the last two months, bringing an end to a low-interest era, analysts say.

Bangkok Post

Michael Pascoe: RBA jawbone has done its job with consumers

Consumer sentiment normally has a political bias – voters for the government of the day survey more optimistically than those supporting the opposition.

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ACTU pushes for caps on energy bills and a windfall tax on corporate profits ahead of jobs summit

Report proposes big changes to Australian economy including giving workers more clout to bargain for better pay

The Guardian - AU

Britain isn’t just facing a cost of living crisis: it’s facing a bonanza of corporate greed

Our politicians have opted to protect profits instead of people. Even my own party isn’t doing enough, says MP Zarah Sultana

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss doubles down on refusal to offer support over rising energy bills

Foreign secretary previously said she did not want to give ‘handouts’ to people struggling with cost of living

The Guardian - UK

‘Turning point’: Business collapses spike but local recession still unlikely, say economists

The number of businesses falling into administration spiked in July as economists warn the economy is headed towards a “turning point”.

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Get over-50s back to work to tackle UK labour shortage, says John Lewis boss

Sharon White says government should ‘think much more’ about encouraging Covid retirees to return on flexible basis

The Guardian - UK

Business confidence rises with strong profits, but consumers are getting more pessimistic

Business confidence has risen, but consumer confidence is still deteriorating and economists warn it could be a sign of things to come.

ABC News

Worried about bills this winter? In Truss’s Titanic economics, only the rich will get a life raft

With a national catastrophe looming, the Tory leadership candidates have adopted a muscular ‘anti-welfare’ stance, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Truss and Sunak still haven’t grasped the magnitude of Britain’s cost of living crisis

Neither has an adequate plan – but a joint announcement of a generous package of help would boost confidence

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the dog days of Boris Johnson’s premiership: crises, which crises?

Editorial: As the Conservative party talks to itself, a chance to grip the challenges of the autumn and winter is being wasted

The Guardian - UK

Explainer: What India’s external debt position tells about its economy

NEW DELHI: A depreciating rupee and contracting foreign exchange reserves raised concerns about India's external debt position.

The Times of India

Grim read reveals just how bad the near future will be

Last week’s gloomy headlines about the Bank of England told only half the story

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Boris Johnson rejects pleas to hold emergency budget to fight cost-of-living spiral

Downing Street said it will be for the next Prime Minister to decide if any extra help should be given this winter as energy bills rocket to more than £3,200 a year

The Guardian - UK

UK economy shrank in second quarter according to poll of economists – as it happened

Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as analysts weigh risk of recessions across the world

Daily Record

'We're being failed by Conservatives and SNP in cost-of-living crisis'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar hits out at the Westminster and Scottish governments over the handling of the current crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of UK’s top restaurants in the red after Brexit, Covid and inflation

Meanwhile £700m of support funds in business rates relief remains unpaid by local councils

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Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka syndrome: Is Bangladesh out of danger?

With global inflation rising and the fear of fuel and food crises looming large, clouds are gathering on the economic horizon of South Asian countries. Sri Lanka in particular remains mired in a crisis driven by a mix of high indebtedness, soaring inflation and poor economic management.

Daily Mirror

'Time for Starmer to step up as Truss nears No10 on brink of economic catastrophe'

The Labour leader must paint deep red lines between Labour and the Tories as both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak appear unwilling to stand up for victims of the cost of living crisis, argues Kevin Maguire

Tribune News Service

Daly says Fed is ‘far from done yet’ on bringing inflation down

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly suggested a 50 basis-point rate increase isn’t locked in at the U.S. central bank’s next policy meeting, saying the Federal Reserve is “far from done yet” in bringing down inflation.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss vows to reverse National Insurance rise ‘immediately’

The Foreign Secretary’s campaign team said she would accelerate the reversal of the NI rate rise by six months

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown demands emergency budget as Truss and Sunak bicker over cost of living help

The former prime minister has warned that millions of people in the UK will be plunged into poverty if urgent action isn't taken

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vows to cut taxes ‘immediately’ to tackle cost-of-living crisis

The Tory leadership contender wants to accelerate the reversal of the national insurance rate rise by six months.

The Guardian - UK

Brexit will make a bad recession even worse. But Sunak and Truss won’t question it

The Tory leadership contenders are pursuing a dangerous nirvana of low taxation while ignoring the damage inflicted by leaving the EU

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