Retail sales plunge by 1.9% in a month as High Street gloom continues

Cartoon - City inflation forecast proved wrong

Geithner rescue package 'robbery of the American people'

German economy to contract 7pc this year

Unemployment could double to 4m, predicts David Blanchflower

Public sector workers face pay freeze as Darling is put under pressure to set an example

Millions face 'worst of both worlds' as cost of living rises but rate for fixing pay and pensions falls to zero

Britain cannot afford any more tax cuts, warns CBI

RPI deflation: 'We should be worried about this' (audio)

Data: different ways of ranking countries

There's more to life than GDPNations can be ranked in many different ways — money is just one of them

Public expects big fall in inflation

China calls for end to dollar's reign as global reserve currency

Chancellor's letter in response to Bank of England governor

Mervyn King's letter to the Chancellor explaining above target inflation

Rosé, free-range eggs, DVD rentals – what else should be in the basket of goods used to measure inflation?

Inside the UK inflation basket

Interactive: CPI and RPI since 2006

Surprise rise in inflation defies City predictions

It's time to give up our blind faith in economic growth