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.
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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 investor…
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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.
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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 …
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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 confirm…
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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 wha…
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UK house prices rose 4.1% in the year to January 2020 according to Halifax, a result that eclipses the market's expectation for growth of 3.0% and suggests the pickup in activity that was first rec…
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