The global economy entered the current year on a shaky foundation after the growth picture turned from bad-to-worse during the final months of 2018, according to analysts at UBS.
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The big question for oil is whether the current bounce in prices represents a reversal back into a more bullish longer-term phase after a long-term low, or whether it is just a kind of ‘dead cat’ b…
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The U.S. stock market rebounded over the new year after plunging for most of the final quarter of 2018, but this recovery will not last, says one analyst who correctly predicted the start of the or…
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UK manufacturing PMI for December read at above-consensus levels thanks to stronger inflows of new business and a solid increase in stocks of purchases.
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The public finances improved notably in November but the economy is still on course to slow again for the 2018 year, according to economists.
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The labour market remained in rude health during October, keeping the unemployment rate close to a multi-decade low and helping to lift the rate of wage growth to its highest level since April 2010…
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The UK trade in goods deficit widened further than was expected in October as imports continued to grow faster than exports, suggesting 'net trade' made little contribution to GDP at the beginning …
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