"The default is a logical consequence of freezing Russia out of the global banking system."

"The principal strategic threat to the Western world has shifted, creating a whole new set of problems."

"Would have been nice if there was a newspaper that had pushed the idea of COVID being a serious present danger instead of an annoyance we needed to move past."

"Global supply chains and energy prices are not solely to blame for a tough year ahead."

>"The upcoming listing of the country’s insurer, the state-owned crown jewel, is being looked at as India’s Aramco moment."

>"They could face more staff shortages, and workers and facilities could feel caught between opposing state and federal policies."

"Austerity for the poor, favours for the rich, and not a penny on frontline social care – this is truest blue, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty"

Labour and CBI express concerns the government’s tax policies are bad for business and workers.

>"There are reasons to believe that not only is the unemployment insurance expiration overdue but that workers, especially women, will be better off for it and end up with benefits that exceed a monthly check."

"Public attitudes to spending have shifted since austerity, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott"

"British Chambers of Commerce says rise in employer national insurance contributions will drag down investment"

"Taxing wealth would tackle generational inequality, says Alfie Stirling, head of economics at the New Economics Foundation"

>"The president has encouraged some states to continue helping the long-term unemployed, but administration officials said it was time for enhanced federal aid to end."

"Imagine the U.S. had a market mechanism that spurred employers to voluntarily pay higher wages, offer better benefits and use workers more productively. Actually, that mechanism exists — it’s called a labor shortage"

"It’s time to do right by working people and transform the unemployment system."