UK prime minister plans to explore ways to tear down trade barriers to boost growth and cut prices

Payments to Reinaldo Avila da Silva raise fresh questions about disgraced financier’s friendship with UK’s former Washington ambassador

US justice department announces it has concluded review of files related to the late sex offender

Earlier statement that listed CEO as UAE resident had prompted concern among British regulators

Few investors want to it seems, but those who do need to be careful

Fed chair nominee ‘believes you can have growth without inflation’, according to his longtime mentor

Trump’s pick will take the reins of the world’s top central bank during one of the most consequential periods in its history

The implications of Trump’s choice for markets and economies

Trump’s choice of chair will shift from Powell’s data-dependent approach to policy

President’s decision on successor to Jay Powell comes at pivotal moment for world’s most important central bank

Platinum also plummets as Trump picks Warsh as next Fed chair

President has announced Kevin Warsh as his nominee to chair US central bank

Finance, banking and professional services seek to grow footprint in mainland market despite past challenges

Delayed western payments keep country’s air defences ‘simply empty’, allowing Russia to knock out power, says president

Matthew Pennycook says far-reaching reform is needed to ‘get more volume out of the system’ and deliver more homes

The government says it is ‘aware’ of the issue facing tenants and working on a solution

Leading labels have signed deals with tech companies in the hope of creating new revenue streams and reducing the amount of slop. But artists are worried

Tussles over what to put on euro banknotes are symbolic of deeper dysfunction

Relations between Chinese Communist leaders and the army have always been fraught

Stocks, bonds and currencies have all soared as dollar weakness puts focus on fundamentals

Correlation with equity benchmarks hits highest in at least five years, raising concerns over performance during downturns

UK prime minister travels to Shanghai seeking to drum up deals after meeting Xi Jinping

Ruling comes after Donald Trump’s vow to ‘take back control’ of shipping lane and reassert US influence in region

PM holds three hours of ‘warm and constructive’ talks with Xi Jinping in bid to revitalise London-Beijing relationship