Faisal Islam

Faisal is the BBC's economics editor. He was political editor of Sky News for five years and economics editor at Channel 4 News and The Observer. He has covered every leg of the financial, Eurozone and rolling UK political crises. Faisal is the winner of multiple awards including three Royal Television Society awards and authored The Default Line, on the financial crisis. He was born and brought up in Manchester, and is a football fan.

She's made her opening gambit. What's the chancellor's long game?
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BBC InDepth
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14 July
Voters are being taken for fools on the economy
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BBC InDepth
Posted
18 June
Could the US economy be doing too well?
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BBC InDepth
Posted
16 May
Faisal Islam: What's behind Rishi Sunak's surprising optimism?
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Business
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22 March
Faisal Islam: Why this won't be the Budget that Jeremy Hunt wanted
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Business
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1 March
Faisal Islam: Should we care that the UK is in recession?
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Business
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15 February
Faisal Islam: Russia’s war economy cannot last but has bought time
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Business
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11 February
New Brexit food checks will test Britain’s supply chains
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Business
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30 January
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808
When will the Bank start to cut interest rates?
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Business
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29 January
Global crises set to dominate Davos leaders gathering
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Business
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15 January
Is the economy facing another energy price shock?
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Business
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12 January
No recession, but no take-off for the UK's economy
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Business
Posted
16 December 2023
Will curbs to migration hit the UK economy?
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Business
Posted
5 December 2023
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456
Tax burden still at post-war high despite big cut
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Business
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22 November 2023
Why are Autumn Statement tax cuts looking more likely?
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Business
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21 November 2023
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657
The inside story of the mini-budget disaster
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Business
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25 September 2023
Britain's impossible dilemma over China's electric cars
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Business
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15 September 2023
From employment to interest rates... the next few weeks are critical
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Business
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10 September 2023
A week of ups and downs in the UK economy
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Business
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19 August 2023
Can UK get inflationary genie back in its bottle?
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Business
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16 August 2023
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1184
When will interest rates go down?
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Business
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3 August 2023
Faisal Islam: The pay pain isn't over yet
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Business
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13 July 2023
Why hasn't mortgage pain led to a housing crash?
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Business
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8 July 2023
Water should be a simple business - why isn't it?
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Business
Posted
29 June 2023