In a message to advanced economies including Britain, IMF experts said waiting any longer to balance the books would only mean a tougher task in the future.
As Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget in just two weeks' time, there is one urgent announcement he must make to help both savers and investors.
Savers are flocking back to Premium Bonds after last month's prize rise. NS&I has had a bad start to the financial year, bringing in just £1bn in three months.
The last time Morrisons did better than Sainsbury's on quarterly sales growth was months before its £7billion takeover by a private equity firm in October 2021.
London Stock Exchange Group is in talks to buy New York-based financial data business Octus (£2.6bn) in a reversal of the trend for US predators to snap up British firms.
When David Ormston discovered the house next door was being converted from a three-bedroom family home into a property that would house six unrelated tenants, he feared it would be trouble.