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Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as GDP rises in June despite Iran war after stagnating in MayThe UK economy is estimated to be 1.2% bigger than it was a year ago.Real GDP per person is estimated to have increased by 0.4% in the second quarter, up 1.0% compared with the same quarter a year ago.I know people are worried about the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on their cost of living, which has been too high for too long and it has added pre

Stock markets fall as analysts price in two quarter-point UK rate rises by the end of the yearBusiness live – latest updatesOil and gas prices have jumped and expectations of interest rate rises in Europe have increased after the US carried out a third night of military strikes against Iran.Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by as much as 4.6% to $87.08 a barrel on Tuesday, its highest level in just over a month. Continue reading...

All three companies say they still aim to achieve net zero carbon output despite construction boomMicrosoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction.In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about a third of those of France. Continue reading...