International Monetary Fund

The UK's growth prospects have been aided by surprisingly resilient consumer spending.

IMF 'eats humble pie' with dramatic UK upgrade as inflation set to cool sharply

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The International Monetary Fund said it is not expecting the UK to enter a recession this year.

IMF dramatically upgrades outlook for UK economy

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are under renewed pressure to spend ahead of the Budget. Picture: PA

Why Brexit pessimism and rash recession forecasts have been wrong

Jeremy Hunt's appointment as Chancellor has helped to steady the ship, but the UK needs more than bland managerial politics (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

As UK economy continues to falter, we need a plan – Scotsman comment

Middle-income households will face a hit to their personal disposable income ranging from 7 per cent to 13 per cent, according to the report. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Cost-of-living crisis: quarter of UK homes will struggle to pay bills in 2023/24

Dismal weather heralds the arrival of the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as people shop in the centre of Bolton.

UK economy will be the only one to shrink in 2023, warns IMF

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt last week talked up the UK economy and its growth prospects in his first major speech in the post

UK only major economy to shrink in 2023 - IMF

In the last recession, employment rose to the highest level since 1997.

Brace yourself for an economic recession, here comes 2023

Kwasi Kwarteng arrived at London Heathrow Airport today and reportedly sacked.

Kwasi Kwarteng 'sacked' after mini-budget chaos

Kwasi Kwarteng has cut his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA short.

Will Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announce a budget U-turn today?

The chancellor has insisted he is "not going anywhere" amid the economic turmoil in the UK and said he remains "totally focused" on delivering the government's growth plan.

Kwasi Kwarteng acknowledges turbulence after mini-budget

Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Kwasi Kwarteng faces finding £60bn of cuts, says IFS

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on scrapping 45p tax rate

Deputy First Minister John Swinney. Picture: Getty Images

Swinney never seen 'financial strain' like now - even in 2008 financial crash

The Chancellor meets representatives from the investment banking sector. Picture: Simon Walker / HM Treasury

Recall parliament demand as economy 'hours from disaster' before Bank intervened

History shows pandemics can unleash dangerous social forces – Wenxuan Hou

RBS' site in Edinburgh's Gogarburn. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Reaction: NatWest swings into profit

Boris Johnson must change course to avoid an economically disastrous no-deal Brexit (Picture: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street)

UK economy cannot take no-deal Brexit on top of Covid – leader comment

Streets, like this one in Penicuik, are deserted all over Scotland (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Coronavirus lockdown: Why too much ‘exit strategy’ talk is dangerous – leader co...

The United Nations was born out of the desire to secure a lasting peace after the horrors of the Second World War (Picture: Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Coronavirus: Why we should beware talk of global utopia after Covid-19 threat re...

Leftwing protesters burn a European Union flag in Athens yesterday. Picture: Getty

Greece ‘No’ vote could cause financial instability

Scotland’s recovery could be ‘running on empty’

Bill Jamieson: The IMF’s magic wand not for Europe

Erikka Askeland. Picture: TSPL

Comment: Bankers have something to celebrate

An eminent economist has called for Scotland to set up its own currency if it backs independence next year. Pictured is the currency Scotland uses currently. Picture: PA

Scottish independence: ‘Own currency needed if Yes’

An emotional George Osborne at St Pauls Cathedral during Margaret Thatchers funera. Picture: Reuters

Alf Young: A crying shame for the Chancellor

Andrew Goudie: Just how free would we be?

$3.79 trillion (£2.35tn) smuggled out of China in last ten years

UK economy: Cut taxes and borrow more, George Osborne told by think-tank

Bill Jamieson: Carte blanche for George Osborne U-turn

David Gow: Plan ahead to save yourself from the ticking pensions time-bomb

IMF’s growth remedy another bitter pill for struggling savers

Profile: Alexis Tsipras

Europe in freefall - Belgium could be next to need help

Can the euro survive?

Leader: Break the bonds

Alan Tait, Economist

G20 leaders agree to trillion-dollar rescue

Scottish recession is steepest in UK … and UK recession is worst ...

First banks, then firms, now a raft of entire countries falter

Playing with fire

New World Order: Global co-operation, nationalisation and state intervention - ...

Slowdown echoes Great Depression, says Bank's deputy chief

Worst is yet to come in US warns Rogoff

Inflation soars to 7,634.8%

Wolfowitz confident of winning over World Bank nomination critics

US rejects Brown's Africa plan

Exodus of jobs 'hasn't hit UK'

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SNP could lose 23 seats to Scottish Labour at next general election - analysis

Figures, obtained by the British Medical Association (BMA) and given exclusively to The Scotsman, show Scotland has lost around 100 GP surgeries over the last decade. Pic: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

GP crisis laid bare as one in ten surgeries refusing to accept new patients

CalMac fines for performance have hit £4.5m for the last year and a half.

CalMac on track to break own record in level of poor performance fines