Without the distraction of leaving, ministers could get on with fixing social care, universal credit and further education 

Why the euro cannot realistically rival the dollar 

Will the European Central Bank change its tune?

Can the prime minister defy the odds and shrug off yet another political body blow?

The European Central Bank president faces an all too familiar problem in his final year at the helm

The real enemy lies not with EU budget rules but at home, in the country’s tortoise-like growth 

The chancellor fails to enumerate home truths about Brexit

Fears of being worse off could increase public pressure for a second vote

Troubles in Argentina and Turkey are the next stage in the fallout from the crash of 2008 

Some ask whether the Socialist government has found a new way to run the economy, but it can take little credit