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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Coronavirus has halted many global deliveries The World Trade Organization (WTO) [...]

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Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s Job Retention Scheme may cost £30-40bn over three months, three times the size of initial estimates. That is according to analysis by the Resolution [...]

Image copyright EPA A global rally on financial markets faded as US shares shed gains despite hopes that the spread of coronavirus in some hotspots may be easing. The Dow Jones and the S&P [...]

Image copyright EPA A total of 81% of the global workforce of 3.3 billion people have had their workplace fully or partly closed. Restrictions on daily life have led to the closure of many [...]

Image copyright Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic continues, more and more sectors of the economy are feeling the strain. And with banks under fire for denying emergency loans to some [...]

Image copyright Getty Images The cost of petrol in the UK is approaching £1 a litre for the first time since 2016. Some filling stations around the country have even been reported offering [...]

Image copyright Getty Images More than 100 global organisations are calling for debt payments of developing countries to be dropped this year. These countries include the world’s poorest [...]

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