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Brown is in denial. Cuts are expected

It seems obvious to everyone except the PM that spending has to be reined in. It could even win votes

How the ECB’s fig leaf has withered

The ECB is printing money faster than the Fed and taking bigger risks with credibility and solvency

Healthcare could break America

President Obama's reform plans confront vested interests on the Left and Right

What caused the great financial crisis?

We can blame the errors of a man almost forgotten: former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

Labour on path to historical oblivion

The crisis of capitalism should have been the Left's moment. But Europe has rejected left-wing parties

The great secret EU bailout

Germany is at the heart of a huge plan to prop up crippled European economies

Has the threat of a Great Depression vanished?

Green shoots are sprouting into a jungle around the world

US sneezes and world is germ-free

The financial crisis has emboldened countries such as South Africa. The power balance is shifting

The house market may be on the turn

The affordability of property is now back near its average. And the trend for prices is likely to be up

Europe waits for Germany to come to rescue

Most plausible escape for Europe from this vicious circle will be for Berlin to abandon its philosophy of fiscal rigour

Farewell deflation: inflation is the fear

Experts fear interest rates will soar as recovery comes. That must not be allowed to happen

US will still rule the post-crisis world

As green shoots sprout on Wall Street, other nations are emerging from the recession in a worse shape

The longest assisted suicide in history

The Budget is a death blow for Labour - because Brown prefers playing politics to proper strategy

Keep borrowing and hope for the best

There is no point in agonising about the state of the public finances; the economy will bounce back

Eurozone braces for the perfect storm

If a financial emergency required immediate action, could Europe cope? That is the big question

G20 is right to borrow and spend

We may be witnessing the clearest empirical demonstration that Keynesian demand management really can stabilise the market economy

Backslapping and results at the G20

After all the stories about rows, G20 ended up as a triumph — for the world economy, for financial markets and for Gordon Brown

Two and a half cheers for G20 triumph

Anglo-Saxon economies with low interest rates can be more optimistic than the eurozone and Japan

Summiteers are united in a time of crisis

Far from being doomed to failure, as widely reported in Britain, this week's G20 summit appears to be assured of success