The United Nations reports that the slowdown of manufacturing in China due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could result in a $US50 billion decrease in exports across global value chains.

March 6,2020

Risk assets extended their recovery off recent lows even as the prospect of a coordinated coronavirus policy response from the so-called G7 group of economies appeared to ebb Tuesday, with investors heartened by what is still seen as a high probability of action from individual central banks over the coming days.

March 3,2020

The UK economy looks to have started 2020 on a solid footing with the latest official data from the ONS showing consumers were happy to increase spending on the nation's high streets in January.

February 20,2020

The gold price was closing in on a seven-year high Wednesday and has this week been tipped to rise another five percent in the coming three months, although any further interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve (Fed) could push the previous metal even higher by the end of 2020.

February 23,2020

Germany's economy clocked up its weakest pace of growth since the aftermath of the sovereign debt crisis last year and it ground to a standstill in the final quarter, official data has confirmed, although the coronavirus crisis in China threatens to see it slow even further still in the months ahead. 

February 14,2020

The UK achieved a record quarterly trade surplus in late 2019 but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests it's just a mirage because an increase in precious metals movements disguised what was otherwise a dire period for manufacturers and industrial firms. 

February 11,2020