Fuel Finder on Google Maps: when price transparency becomes useful competition
Fuel Finder brings reported pump prices to Google Maps. The test is whether timely, comparable information helps drivers and strengthens competition.
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A Thousand Trades in July: Inside Trump's $270m Stock Disclosure and the Ban That Exempts Him
Donald Trump made more than 1,000 stock purchases and sales worth between $79m and $270m in July, a Guardian analysis of his latest financial disclosure found, including up to $25m each of A
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AI Will Touch 40% of Jobs and Widen Inequality, the IMF Warns: What the Fund's Analysis Really Means for Workers, Wages and Nations
A new IMF analysis finds artificial intelligence is set to affect nearly 40% of all jobs globally — around 60% in advanced economies and 26% in low-income countries. Managing director Krista
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Analysts Cut Russia's 2026 GDP Growth Forecast to 0.5%
Analysts surveyed by the Bank of Russia lowered their 2026 GDP growth forecast to 0.5% from 0.6% and raised the inflation projection to 6.6%, while keeping the average key rate expectation f
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Bank of Japan Raises Rate to 1.25% in September 2026, Highest Since 1995, as Ueda Cites Policy Phase Shift
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to 1.25% in September 2026 in a 7-2 board vote, the highest level since 1995, as Governor Kazuo Ueda cited a shift in the policy phase. The hike was
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Bank of Russia Cuts Key Rate to 16% in Fifth Straight Reduction
The Bank of Russia cut its key rate by 0.5 percentage points to 16% on December 19, 2025 — the fifth consecutive reduction of the easing cycle that began in June from a record 21%. Annual in
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Bank of Russia Holds Key Rate at 14% After Ten Straight Cuts
Russia's central bank paused its easing cycle on 11 September 2026, keeping the key rate at 14% as annual inflation stood at 6.3% and pro-inflationary risks mounted; the next decision is due
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Bank of Russia Raises Key Rate by 200 Basis Points to 21%, Signals Possible Further Hike
On 25 October 2024 the Bank of Russia board of directors raised the key rate by 200 basis points to 21% per annum, well above the 100-point step most analysts expected. The regulator said in
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Bank of Russia Sees Inflation Peaking in April 2025 at No More Than 9.8% This Year
Annual inflation in Russia will peak in April 2025 before declining actively, the Bank of Russia's monetary policy director Andrey Gangan said, estimating 2024 price growth at no more than 9
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Bank of Russia cuts 2025 GDP forecast to 0.5-1.0% and lowers key rate to 16.5%
The Bank of Russia lowered its 2025 GDP growth forecast to 0.5-1.0% from 1.0-2.0% in the July version of its medium-term outlook, published after the board meeting on October 24, 2025, at wh
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Bitcoin Breaks $100,000: How Politics, Wall Street and Fifteen Years of Chaos Built the Record
On 5 December 2024 Bitcoin passed $100,000 for the first time, hours after President-elect Donald Trump named former SEC commissioner Paul Atkins to run the Wall Street regulator. The price
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Britain's Surprising Growth: Why the UK Leads the G7 — and Why the Resilience May Not Last
Official figures show the UK remained the fastest-growing G7 economy in the first half of 2026, defying the IMF's spring warning that the Iran war would hit Britain hardest of the advanced n
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British Airways A380 cabins and investment
The cabin refit sits within a wider service and engineering programme.
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China Logs 5% GDP Growth in 2024 as Exports and Late-Year Stimulus Deliver Target
China's economy grew 5% in 2024, meeting Beijing's official target, as strong exports and a late-year stimulus package provided the final push, according to data reported by the South China
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China's Economy Grows 4.7% in H1 2026 as Three-Year Deflation Streak Finally Breaks
China's GDP expanded 4.7% year on year in the first half of 2026, with Q2 growth of 4.3%, as the country's three-year deflation streak was broken by rising energy prices and AI-driven demand
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Consumer Outlook Plunges to 47.8 as Americans Brace for a New Inflation Squeeze: What the September Sentiment Collapse Means for the Economy and the Fed
University of Michigan consumer sentiment fell 7.5% in September 2026 to 47.8, the second-lowest reading since 1952, as one-year inflation expectations surged to 4.6% on resurgent fuel price
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Cyprus, Bulgaria and Spain Grow More Than Three Times Faster Than the Eurozone in Q1 2026
The eurozone slowed sharply to 0.8% annual growth in Q1 2026, according to Eurostat's second estimate reported by Euronews, but Cyprus (3.0%), Bulgaria (2.9%) and Spain (2.7%) expanded more
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ECB Cuts Deposit Rate to 2.5% and Warns Trade War Fears Are Hurting Europe's Economy
The European Central Bank cut its deposit rate by a quarter point to 2.5% on 6 March 2025, the second reduction of the year, as President Christine Lagarde blamed a 'high level of trade and
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ECB Cuts Deposit Rate to 3.5% and Warns Eurozone Growth Will Be Weaker Than Hoped
The European Central Bank cut its deposit rate from 3.75% to 3.5% on 12 September 2024, the second reduction of the year, as eurozone inflation fell to 2.2% in August. The ECB also lowered i
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ECB Cuts Main Interest Rate for First Time Since 2019, Moving Ahead of Fed and Bank of England
The European Central Bank cut its deposit rate from a record 4% to 3.75% on 6 June 2024, the first reduction since September 2019, citing a sustained fall in inflation. President Christine L
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ECB Cuts Rates to 2% in Eighth Reduction in a Year as Eurozone Reels from Trump Trade Wars
The European Central Bank cut its deposit rate from 2.25% to 2% on 5 June 2025, the eighth quarter-point reduction in a year, as eurozone inflation fell to 1.9% — below target for the first
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ECB Delivers Third Rate Cut of 2024, Lowering Deposit Rate to 3.25% as Eurozone Inflation Falls Below Target
The European Central Bank cut its deposit rate by a quarter point to 3.25% on 17 October 2024, the third reduction of the year and the first back-to-back cut since the 2011 euro crisis. Euro
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From 4% to 2%: What Two Years of ECB Rate Cuts Have Done for the Eurozone — and What They Have Not
Between June 2024 and June 2025 the European Central Bank cut its deposit rate eight times, from a record 4% to 2%, as inflation fell from 2.6% to below target. Yet eurozone growth remained
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From the AI Bubble to Fed Fears: What the Global Economy Faces in 2026
Investors enter 2026 expecting global stock markets to keep rising even as a Deutsche Bank poll of 440 market participants puts a plunge in technology valuations, loss of Fed independence an
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IMF Lifts 2025 US Growth Forecast to 1.9% as Tariff Pressure Eases
The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for US economic growth in 2025 to 1.9%, 0.1 percentage point above its April estimate, citing lower tariffs than announced on 2 April and
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Japan Ends the World's Only Negative Rates Regime: Inside the Bank of Japan's Historic Pivot — and Why It Is Not the Start of a Hiking Cycle
The Bank of Japan raised short-term rates from -0.1% to around 0-0.1% — its first hike since 2007 — scrapped yield curve control and stopped buying ETFs, ending the world's only negative rat
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Japan's Economy Contracts 1.8% Annualised in Q3 2025, First Decline in Six Quarters, as US Tariffs Bite
Japan's GDP shrank 0.4% quarter on quarter in July–September 2025, an annualised decline of 1.8% and the first contraction in six quarters, according to Cabinet Office data reported by Nikke
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Japan's Monetary Revolution: What the BOJ's March from Negative Rates to 1.25% Reveals About the End of Deflation
Between March 2024 and September 2026 the Bank of Japan took its policy rate from -0.1% to 1.25% — the highest since 1995 — completing the most significant monetary normalisation by any adva
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K, C or E? The Alphabet-Soup Battle Over the True Shape of the American Economy
Economists, executives and politicians are fighting over which letter describes the US economy: the K of diverging fortunes, the C of a recovering middle class or the E of three parallel inc
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Managed Cooling: Russia's 2025 Macro Forecast Bets on 2.5% Growth Against the Consensus
Russia's Ministry of Economic Development kept its 2025 GDP growth forecast at 2.5% — well above the Bank of Russia's 1.0-2.0% interval and the 1.6% analyst consensus — as it submitted the 2
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Nestlé Cuts 16,000 Jobs as New CEO Navratil Accelerates the Turnaround — and Investors Applaud
Nestlé will cut 12,000 white-collar jobs and a further 4,000 roles over two years as new chief executive Philipp Navratil raises the cost-savings target to 3 billion Swiss francs by end-2027
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Putin Expects Russia's GDP Growth Within 1% in 2026 as Inflation Eases to 6.2%
Speaking at an economic meeting on 17 September 2026, President Vladimir Putin said Russia's GDP growth would be within 1% for the year, matching budget projections. Inflation stood at 6.2%
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Record Staff Shortage: 47% of Russian Industrial Enterprises Lack Workers, Gaidar Institute Survey Shows
The January survey by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy found that 47% of Russian industrial enterprises are short of staff — the highest reading since the polls began in 1996. The pr
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Rosstat Confirms Russian GDP Growth of 1.1% in Q2 2025 as Economy Cools Sharply from Prior Year
Rosstat confirmed on 24 September 2025 that Russia's GDP grew 1.1% year on year in the second quarter and 1.2% in the first half, with Q2 output of 49.5 trillion roubles. Hotels and restaura
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Ruble Share in Russia's Export Settlements Tops 50% for the First Time
Ruble payments for Russian exports reached a record 52.3% in April 2025, up 11.9 percentage points year on year, according to Bank of Russia data reviewed by RIA Novosti and published by Pri
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Russia Cuts 2025 Oil and Gas Budget Revenue Forecast by 24%
Amendments to Russia's 2025 federal budget cut projected oil and gas revenues by 2.6 trillion rubles to 8.32 trillion rubles, or 3.7% of GDP, as the export price forecast for Russian crude w
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Russia Exported 83.5 Million Tonnes of Grain in 2024, Up 4%, as China Enters Top Five Buyers
Russia exported 83.5 million tonnes of grain and grain products in 2024, 4% more than in 2023, according to Rosselkhoznadzor data from the Argus-Phyto system. China entered the top five buye
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Russia Faces Stagflation Risk as High Central Bank Rate Breaks the Investment Calculus, CMACP Analysts Warn
Analysts at the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMACP) warned that the Bank of Russia's high key rate and the prospect of further hikes create risks of recessio
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Russia Orders New Support Measures for Metallurgy and Coal Industries
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the Industry and Trade Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the Economic Development Ministry to work through initiatives of the largest compan
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Russia Sets Record Oil Exports to China in 2024 at 108.5 Million Tonnes, Widening Lead Over Saudi Arabia
Russia retained its status as China's top oil supplier in 2024, setting a new record of 108.47 million tonnes (2.19 million bpd) worth $60.2 billion, according to China's General Administrat
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Russia proposes IT tax treatment for digital book subscriptions
Russia proposes extending IT tax treatment to digital book subscriptions; adoption and consumer effects remain unconfirmed.
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Russia's Antitrust Watchdog Finds Wildberries and Ozon Collectively Dominant With 80% of Online Retail
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service completed its competition analysis in December and established that Wildberries and Ozon hold a collective dominant position in online retail with a com
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Russia's Economy Braces for a Cold Snap: Inside the Ministry's Sharply Downgraded Growth Forecast
Russia's Ministry of Economic Development has cut its GDP growth forecast for 2025 from 2.5% to 1% and for 2026 from 2.4% to 1.3%, embedding the VAT rise to 22%, a near-frozen investment tra
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Russia's Economy Ministry Holds 2025 GDP Forecast at 2.5% Despite Signs of Cooling
Russia's Ministry of Economic Development sees signs that the economy has begun to cool and will closely analyse fourth-quarter data, but for now keeps its 2025 GDP growth forecast at 2.5%,
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Russia's Economy Reaches a Fork in the Road: Inside Expert RA's Two-Scenario Forecast for 2025
Rating agency Expert RA's macroeconomic forecast for 2025, published in April, describes an economy that has traded overheating for an 'overbend' and now faces a fork. Its baseline 'reasonab
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Russia's Industrial Production Posts Record 4.6% Growth in 2024: What Drove the Boom and What Comes Next
Russia's industrial output grew 4.6% in 2024, the strongest result in thirteen years outside the post-pandemic rebound, according to Rosstat data published on 5 February 2025. Manufacturing
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Russia's Internet Economy Hit 17.1 Trillion Rubles in 2023, Up 40% Year on Year
Russia's internet economy grew to 17.1 trillion rubles in 2023, more than 3.5 times its 2019 level, driven by digital services, IT investment and online advertising. RAEC forecasts another 4
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Russia's LNG Exports Rose 4% in 2024 to Record 33 Million Tonnes, Novak Says
Russian LNG exports increased by 4% in 2024 to approximately 47.2 billion cubic metres (around 33 million tonnes), Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, as the country redirected energ
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Russian Banks Post Record 3.8 Trillion Rouble Net Profit in 2024
Banks in Russia earned a record 3.8 trillion roubles of net profit in 2024, up from the previous record of 3.3 trillion roubles in 2023, according to the Bank of Russia's sector review. Dece
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Sberbank Posts Record 1.5 Trillion Rouble IFRS Net Profit for 2023
Sberbank earned 1.5086 trillion roubles of net profit under IFRS in 2023, a 5.2-fold increase on the restated 2022 result and slightly above consensus, with return on equity jumping to 25.3%
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Tackling the $40 Trillion National Debt Would Boost Household Income by $36,000, New Analysis Finds — the Possible Silver Bullet for America's Affordability Crisis
A new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget argues that deficit reduction is the key to solving America's affordability crisis: with the national debt at $40 trillion, d
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The Cleanest Shirt in a Very Filthy Laundry: Why the US Economy Keeps Defying the Odds
Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Dresden has closed while BMW runs its biggest plant in the world from Spartanburg, South Carolina — a contrast that frames the puzzle economists keep deba
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The Great Divergence Reversed: How the Pandemic Era Widened the Income Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations
One in four developing countries will end 2024 poorer than on the eve of the pandemic in 2019, according to World Bank data cited in a year-end analysis by BFM.ru. The income gap between dev
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The Real Reason Reeves Is Making You Pay More Tax: Anatomy of a Budget in Two Halves
The OBR accidentally published its Budget forecast before Rachel Reeves presented it, revealing that the government's finances were not as bad as feared — and that she could have met her fis
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UAE to Invest $46 Billion in Germany Across Energy, Defence and Digital Sectors
The United Arab Emirates has decided to invest $46 billion in various sectors of the German economy, from artificial intelligence to energy and defence, to deepen its strategic partnership i
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UK Forecast to Have Highest Inflation Among G7 Nations in 2025, OECD Says
The OECD raised its UK inflation forecast for 2025 to 3.5%, the highest among G7 advanced economies, citing rising food costs and the pass-through of higher employers' National Insurance con
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UK Growth Stalls at 0.1% in Third Quarter of 2024 as Budget Jitters and High Rates Bite: What the ONS Data Mean for Reeves's G7 Ambition
ONS figures published on 15 November 2024 showed the UK economy growing by just 0.1% in the third quarter, down from 0.5% in the second, with monthly GDP shrinking 0.1% in September. The UK
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UK Inflation Falls Sharply to 3.2% as Slowing Food Prices Clear Way for Rate Cut
UK CPI inflation fell to 3.2% in November 2025 from 3.6% in October — below the 3.5% forecast and the lowest in eight months — as food prices eased and Black Friday discounts bit. Core infla
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Value of Russia's Gold Reserves Hits Record $255 Billion
The value of Russia's gold reserves reached a record $250 billion at the end of August and gold holdings climbed 2.6% to $255 billion, the highest in modern history, while gold's share in th
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Weak Won Keeps Bank of Korea on Hold at 2.5% Despite Growth Upgrade
The Bank of Korea kept its benchmark interest rate at 2.5 percent on 27 November 2025, citing the won's slide to a seven-month low of 1,477.1 per dollar, while raising its 2025 economic grow
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Where microfactories fit the production system
Microfactory suitability depends on the complete production route, not just the speed of a demonstration cycle.
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Why Trump's Tariffs Haven't Crashed the US Economy — Yet: The Delayed Damage Thesis
Despite the average effective US tariff rising from 2% to 18% in 2025 — the highest since the 1930s — consumer price inflation held at 2.7% and unemployment rose only modestly to 4.6%. Harva
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World Trade Hits Record $33 Trillion in 2024 as Global Growth Stabilises Below Pre-Pandemic Pace
Global trade reached a record $33 trillion in 2024, up $1 trillion from 2023, according to UNCTAD data, while the World Bank projected global GDP growth of 2.6% — stable but well below the 3
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Airbus Hands Over First A320neo From Second Tianjin Assembly Line
The European planemaker delivered the first aircraft from its second final assembly line in Tianjin to China Eastern Airlines, a step toward 75 A320-family jets a month.
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Amazon Obtains Right to Buy Up to $340 Million of Generac Stock
Amazon was granted warrants to buy up to about 1.69 million Generac shares worth roughly $340 million, tied to an up-to-$8 billion deal for backup power generators for its data centres; Gene
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Bank of Russia Holds Key Rate at 21%, Defying Analysts' Hike Expectations
The Bank of Russia kept its key rate at 21% on 20 December 2024, surprising markets that had largely priced in a 200-basis-point hike to 23%, and forecast annual inflation returning to the 4
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Bank of Russia Says Key Rate Could Reach Single Digits by End of 2026
Advisor to the Bank of Russia governor Kirill Tremasov said the forecast path of the key rate allows it to fall to a single-digit level by the end of 2026, after the regulator cut the rate b
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Brent Crude Falls to $105 a Barrel as Supply Fears Ease
Oil prices slipped on Thursday after a sharp drop a day earlier, as Saudi Arabia's plan to reroute crude through Oman and hopes of easing Middle East tensions calmed supply concerns. US fuel
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