The Deputy Director of the IMF, Gita Gopinath, has suggested that a move away from globalisation and an economic Cold War based on US and Chinese power blocs has the potential to wipe trillions of...

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Ed Conway, Economics correspondent at Sky News, does a deep dive into the recent data showing high net migration figures.

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This World Bank clip looks at the development of a massive electricity generating project in West Africa, with the building of an advanced electricity network spanning the region, linking a power...

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This BBC report highlights a Centre for Social Justice Report that finds that there's a danger of inequality becoming entrenched in the United Kingdom. The most deprived areas struggle to find...

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Here's this week's economics news quiz.

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Alistair Darling proved to be a calm Chancellor of the Exchequer during the storm of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007-9, an important event in economic history.

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This BBC News clip looks at how a drought in Spain has affected olive harvests, and, by definition, the price of olive oil. It's classic demand and supply material, and there's lots of opportunity...

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How good is your knowledge of some of the big Economics and Business New Stories during the year? Have a go at our Festive Kahoot Quiz! There are twenty questions to have a go at!

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Our free Theme 1 Knowledge Organisers have gone down a storm with over 500 downloads so far (link in the comments)...here's the first of two packs for Theme 2!

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The CEO of Iceland has highlighted the lack of competition in the baby formula market, arguing producers are exploiting those struggling in the cost-of-living crisis.

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This Guardian article highlights a notable example of opportunity cost, with the news that developing economies spend twelve times as much servicing their debts as they do tackling climate change.

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We have created a Kahoot quiz covering the content in our recent UK Economy Update video. This is great way for students to check and test their knowledge and understanding.

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This article looks at how technology could allow for dynamic pricing, enabling supermarkets to reduce waste and charge the optimal price for their goods. As the piece notes: "dynamic pricing could...

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Here's this week's economics news quiz.

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Headline-grabbing reduction in employee national insurance contributions in the Autumn Statement, but a poor outlook for households’ real disposable income

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The Competition and Markets Authority has been investigating supermarket pricing during the cost of living crisis, specifically with reference to ten categories of good and discovered that three...

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A good example here of the negative externalities of climate change and the problems associated with common access resources, with overfishing harming Texas oyster farmers. As a result, of the...

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Major retailers like Marks and Spencer and John Lewis spend millions on lavish Christmas advertising. But this year, they have been significantly outperformed by an emotionally impactful...

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Australia is banning the import of disposable vapes among a range of measures to tackle a perceived rise in vaping among young people. The other measures include stopping single-use vapes from...

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More smoke signals from the Bank of England regarding the future direction of monetary policy, with the Governor, Andrew Bailey, signalling that there's little immediate prospect of a reduction in...

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