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The prime minister’s election campaign will focus on his economic record but what do the figures show?

Nickel boom and infrastructure splurge have delivered steady growth but ambitious goals will require diversification

Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil the result of an audit of UK public spending, paving the way for tax rises

Next UK government must grapple with series of challenges in a nation still reeling from austerity, Covid and Brexit

Stocks around the world upended by worries about growth, a Big Tech sell-off and the unravelling of a popular yen trade

Election seen as a referendum on the competence of a party that has governed since the country’s first post-apartheid vote

Policymakers try to revive IPOs and trading volumes but plans are fragmented and progress has been slow

Low rates on Ireland, high levies on Slovakia, Asian misery and the strange tale of St Pierre and Miquelon

They may be boring or boastful, but the much-mocked Christmas missives help relationships survive modern life

While bragging and smugness are out, delighting in your achievements shouldn’t be