Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK jobs report and the Bank of England’s interest rate decision Tesco’s UK sales growth has more than halved as it said the conflict in the Middle East had created “ongoing uncertainty for many households”, knocking ...
Source: [Guardian Business](https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jun/18/bank-of-england-interest-rates-uk-unemployment-wages-oil-price-stock-markets-latest-news-updates)