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Phillip Inman

Phillip Inman is economics editor of the Observer and an economics writer for the Guardian. He is the author of Managing Your Debt, a Which? essential guide; and the Guardian e-book The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

16 April 2025

  • Rachel Reeves, pictured last month

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Reeves says inflation fall shows ‘plan for change is working’ – as it happened

  • A shopping trolley of groceries in a supermarket.

    UK inflation falls to 2.6%, increasing pressure on Bank to cut interest rates

13 April 2025

  • Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    US stock markets expected to recover after Trump drops tariffs on mobiles

    Exemption, seen as a climbdown, includes laptops and chips, and is likely to help firms such as Apple and Nvidia

12 April 2025

  • White poster held by steelworkers on a march to Scunthorpe United football ground on April 12, 2025. It reads "save our steel, our town, our jobs, our futures".

    Why does British Steel need to be rescued by the government and what happens next?

  • Rachel Reeves

    Rachel Reeves calls for global free trade fightback to protect UK economy

11 April 2025

  • A Frankfurt trader this week at work as broadcasters show Donald Trump’s remarks

    Business live
    US stock markets rally as White House says there is ‘great optimism’ in the economy – as it happened

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer aiming to ‘pass emergency legislation in one day’ to save British Steel – as it happened

  • A trader watches his monitors

    What are bonds and why have they spooked Donald Trump?

  • Donald Trump

    Trump’s tariff battle with China has ‘echoes of the Vietnam war’, US economist says

  • UK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5% in boost to Rachel Reeves

  • Retailers fear Trump tariffs gloom will worsen footfall on UK high streets

10 April 2025

  • Sarah Breedon

    Trump tariffs likely to drag down weak UK growth, Bank policymaker warns

    Sarah Breedon says too early to judge impact on inflation of ‘most significant change in trade policy in a century’
  • Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House, holding a tariff board

    Why did Trump retreat on tariffs and is the market reaction justified?

    The president’s pausing of some tariffs has sent shares soaring but levies on imports remain at the highest level since the 1930s
  • financial information displayed about stockmarket volatility

    Trump’s tariffs may be reduced but their impact will be felt in the UK and beyond

    We examine potential consequences of US president’s market chaos, which could reach every corner of global finance and economy

9 April 2025

  • Stock market traders in the US.

    Dramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepens

    Falling demand suggests loss of financial confidence in US as Donald Trump escalates trade standoff with China

8 April 2025

  • Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, London

    Bank ‘should cut UK interest rates to at least 4% in May amid tariff turmoil’

    Ex-Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean says cut of 0.5 points needed because of ‘crazy situation’ in US

7 April 2025

  • Car bodies are assembled at the Porsche plant in Leipzig, Germany.

    European markets slump as Trump says ‘you have to take medicine’

    US president tells reporters foreign governments will have to pay ‘a lot of money’ to lift levies

5 April 2025

  • President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House.

    Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – as it happened

    Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week
  • Keir Starmer

    Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset amid Donald Trump’s tariff mayhem

    PM ready to ditch ‘old assumptions’ and is debating possible changes to fiscal rules to boost growth
  • Aerial view of impressive skyscrapers on land at a bend in a river

    China needs friends in Trump’s trade war. But Xi may have to go it alone

    Beijing has launched a charm offensive with other countries as US tariffs tighten. If they can’t be won over, it may have no choice but to stimulate its vast domestic market
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