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Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on “side hustles”, and so on. But not so long ago, many workers globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand approached the same problem in far more collective ways.

Junior doctors in England are set to stage four days of strike action – leading to confusion on whether junior doctors in Scotland are also taking…

Trade department used different approach to estimating economic boost which ‘generates larger estimated GDP impacts’

October saw the UK chancellor in the dock. Now the US’s Yellen will face flak over green subsidies and banking security

Some think a recession is inevitable. Is your game plan ready if it is?

Gold prices hit a 13-month high, touching US$2,031 per ounce as weak US economic data spurred demand for the safe-haven asset amid a weakening dollar, according to analysts.

Guardian analysis shows median gender pay gap is stubbornly wide at 9.4%, the same level as five years ago

Vacancies at U.S. employers dropped in February to the lowest since May 2021, suggesting a cooling in labor demand in some industries but still indicative of a job market that’s too tight for the Federal Reserve.

Manufacturing activity is shown to be falling in April's first significant economic release.

The blight on living standards makes the case for rejoining stronger every day – and this PM is nothing if not pragmatic