A new bill is aimed at digital yuan apps, citing surveillance risks; hiring slowdowns and layoffs are hitting the tech workforce; and Ford has delivered its first electric F-150.

On Thursday, the finance minister unveiled a £15bn package to help UK households cope with inflation and surging energy bills.

Government borrowing last month fell £5.6bn from a year earlier to £18.6bn, new data showed.

US president Joe Biden said he's considering easing tariffs on Chinese imports, put in place by his predecessor Donald Trump.

The historic shift with the two Nordic countries comes as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Britain's economy shrank for the first time in 2022 after GDP fell 0.1% in March as surging inflation puts the tightest squeeze on household spending.

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The BoE warned on Thursday that inflation was heading to a 40-year high of 10%, while unemployment was set to hit 5.5% by 2025, sending the pound slumping to two-year lows.

A busy economic calendar, central bank policy decisions and chatter, and news updates on the war in Ukraine will be the key drivers in the week ahead.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an “all-out” effort this week to boost the world’s second-largest economy through infrastructure investments, signaling growing internal concerns about China’s growth prospects.