Your guide to this week's big economic events.

Is the trade war disruptive, or is it merely accelerating trends already underway?

Sterling has had a rough ride over the last few weeks, hitting a 33-month low – against a trade-weighted basket of currencies – on Tuesday 30th July. Silvia Dall’Angelo, Senior Economist at Hermes Investment Management, looks at the downward pressure on the pound that has been driven by increasing odds of a no-deal Brexit following the installation of the new UK government led by PM Boris Johnson.

Monetary policy – which did the heavy lifting in the aftermath of the global financial crisis – has reached its limits.

The current US economic expansion that began in 2009 will mark its ten-year anniversary in June.

As Narendra Modi wins a second term, we assess India's economic progress under his leadership and what work remains.