The alliance of Sri Lanka's new leader is headed for victory in the country's snap parliamentary elections, according to ...

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The chancellor wants to merge the UK's pension funds, but critics worry about the impact on savers.

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Trevor Muten, cabinet member for transport, parking and public realm, said: "We’re making it cheaper for people to pop into ...

Later Nick will be joined by former BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders and economist Tim Leunig to unpick what was in the Budget and what she said in the interview. That will be available on ...

Today we look at Labour’s first Budget in 14 years. Adam and Chris are joined by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and BBC chief economics correspondent Dharshini David. They look at all the ...

BBC Director General Tim Davie has been pushing for more government funding for the World Service for a good while. Without ...

Is it? Over the next two years, yes. But the UK's official independent forecaster's verdict is that all the measures in the Budget do not boost the economy in the next three to five years.

ugurhan / Getty images The country of North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has an isolated and tightly controlled command economy. In a command ...

Impact Link No one can predict the future with certainty. But when it comes to forecasting the economy, Christophe Barraud has a startling track record. Bloomberg has ranked the chief economist ...

“It’s everywhere you want to be.” That was the tag-line of an advertising campaign launched for Visa credit cards in the 1980s. The slogan works equally well for the US dollar, despite a lot ...