Economists at Pantheon Macroeconomics estimate house prices will see a firm appreciation in both 2024 and 2025 as confidence returns to the market, but elevated mortgage costs will stop runaway gai…
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UK economic activity is shifting up a gear, which, when combined with sticky inflation, means the Bank of England won't cut rates before mid-year.
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Business confidence remains high, but hiring intentions have eased as the April increase in the minimum wage comes into sharper focus, particularly for the UK's smaller companies.
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Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, explains what's driving the extraordinary rise in cocoa prices, which threatens to make chocolate the "new luxury good in town".
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Steve Englander, an economist at Standard Chartered, suggests that Fed Chair Powell may be willing to accept dissents in order to facilitate timely interest rate cuts at the Federal Reserve.
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Consumers’ optimism about their own finances going forward has hit a two-year high.
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UK retail sales were flat in February, but this was better than expected and underscores a trend of improvement that means the UK economy has exited recession.
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