Breaking Economic News
21 Apr
UK job figures hint at wreckage to come
Official job figures showed employment rising before the Covid-19 crisis hit but a preliminary estimate for March contained evidence that the virus was beginning to take its toll.
08 Apr
Covid shock could spark global Depression-era slump: WTO
Global trade could plummet by up to 32%, a level similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s, in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organisation said.
07 Apr
Fastjet warns on future as FedAir sheds jobs, cuts wages
African budget airline Fastjet warned that its future was under threat unless it raised fresh capital or sold its Zimbabwe operations as jobs and salaries were cut in response to the coronavirus.