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Departure to cost EU 0.5% of GDP but UK 2.25% by end 2022, according to first official estimate since deal was agreedThe economic blow dealt by Brexit will be four times greater in the UK than the EU, according to the latest forecasts by Brussels.A month into the new relationship, the European commission said the UK’s exit on the terms agreed by Boris Johnson’s...

Latest World Economic Outlook describes shock of coronavirus pandemic as ‘like no other’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe International Monetary Fund has slashed its forecasts for global growth in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and warned of a slump in output this year unparalleled since the Great Depression of the 1930s.In its half-yearly forecasts, the IMF said the “Great Lockdown” would cause...

The Covid-19 outbreak is forcing politicians and central bankers to set aside ideology and orthodoxy to prevent a global collapse Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is as if the lights have been switched off. The global economy has been plunged into darkness as countries hunker down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Most recessions develop gradually over time. When the last one...

Past crashes spawned new thinking and reform but nothing has changed since 2008 banking meltdown, says former Bank of England bossLarry Elliott: The global economy needs to change fastThe world is sleepwalking towards a fresh economic and financial crisis that will have devastating consequences for the democratic market system, according to the former Bank of England governor Mervyn King.Lord King, who was in charge...