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Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Savers are in luck, as banks and building societies are paying consumers decent rates after years of lukewarm returns - but some of the deals have strings attached

Banks and building societies are starting to cut prices for their new mortgages, offering relief to struggling homeowners facing soaring home loan prices this year

Bank records quarterly profits above $3.2bn estimated as interest rates rise on back of higher borrowing costs

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as business group warns on austerity ‘doom loop’ and investors buy UK bonds

HSBC today kicked off bank reporting season with a boom in profits that is likely to add to calls for a windfall tax on the sector – and revealed the surprise departure of number two executive Ewen Stevenson.

Big Tech shares were shaken last night after Google and YouTube parent company Alphabet posted weaker-than-expected revenues and earnings figures.

People have spoken out about what life is like in one Nottingham town

Third-quarter profits will be subdued, but many lenders will accept a tax raid to boost the public finances (and their own image)