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Iran’s rial falls to record low as Scott Bessent warns of ‘economic D-day’ – business live

US Treasury secretary to announce sanctions against Tehran at a press conference at 1pm EDT (6pm London time) Some good news for the UK (and new PM Andy Burnham and his team): Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. Businesses are cautious about adding headcount while costs, including hi

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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 12:02 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Julia Kollewe
Section
Business
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US Treasury secretary to announce sanctions against Tehran at a press conference at 1pm EDT (6pm London time) Some good news for the UK (and new PM Andy Burnham and his team): Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. Businesses are cautious about adding headcount while costs, including hi
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    US Treasury secretary to announce sanctions against Tehran at a press conference at 1pm EDT (6pm London time) Some good news for the UK (and new PM Andy Burnham and his team): Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. Businesses are cautious about adding headcount while costs, including hi

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    US Treasury secretary to announce sanctions against Tehran at a press conference at 1pm EDT (6pm London time) Some good news for the UK (and new PM Andy Burnham and his team): Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. Businesses are cautious about adding headcount while costs, including hi

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    US Treasury secretary to announce sanctions against Tehran at a press conference at 1pm EDT (6pm London time) The graduate jobs market is being squeezed from both sides, said Lukas Kaminskis, chief executive of Turing College. He explained: Businesses are cautious about adding headcount while costs, including higher employer national insurance contributions and energy bills, affect profits. At the same time, AI can i

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    Washington imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods including fishing rods and hockey sticks, while Canada retaliates with levies on US steel and electronics Iran’s currency has weakened to an all-time low against the dollar amid US efforts to cripple the country’s economy after almost six months of war. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is due to announce new US sanctions against Iran at a press conference scheduled

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    Washington imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods including fishing rods and hockey sticks, while Canada retaliates with levies on US steel and electronics A group of senior Thames Water creditors plan a boardroom shake-up if Britain’s biggest water company avoids nationalisation and their turnaround plan goes ahead. The creditors said they plan to appoint four new board members if the government allows them to take f

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    Washington imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods including fishing rods and hockey sticks, while Canada retaliates with levies on US steel and electronics “Having stirred up a hornets’ nest in the Middle East, there may have been some expectation that the US administration would seek to bolster relationships elsewhere, but instead the opposite has happened,” said Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at the

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    Canadian dollar dips after US-Canada talks collapse into trade war; oil prices fall ahead of US sanctions on Iran – business live

    Washington imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods including fishing rods and hockey sticks, while Canada retaliates with levies on US steel and electronics Here is some analysis on the looming trade war between the US and Canada: The calamitous collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States is a warning to nations worldwide that pursuing any kind of dialogue with the current US administration is d

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#1984
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 12:10 UTC
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200 / parsed
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462,272 bytes, private gzip evidence
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