The EU's Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier has given an update on the state of play in EU-UK Brexit trade negotiations, confirming that there has been little progress in the core areas of fishing rights, the 'level playing field' provisions and future governance.

September 3,2020

Two new cases of covid-19 reinfections have been reported on Tuesday, August 25, a development that could become increasingly important to global financial markets.

August 25,2020

Public debt surpassed £2 trillion in the UK during July even as borrowing came in below market expectations, leaving the government on course for a record deficit that economists say could constrain Chancellor Rishi Sunak's ability to assist the economy in the autumn budget. 

August 21,2020

UK retail sales rose above year-ago levels in July after unwinding the coronavirus impact in the recent quarter, although the nascent boom is yet to lift vast parts of the high street from depression and could fade alongside government financial support schemes later in the year.

August 21,2020

The UK suffered the deepest recession of any advanced economy in the first half of 2020 as strict lockdown measures left large swathes of the economy unable to operate, however the reopening that culminated in the early July opening of the hospitality and leisure sector should make for a solid rebound.

August 12,2020

The German and Eurozone economic recoveries gathered steam  in August, according to the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research's latest ZEW survey of institutional investors, the fifth consecutive month of explosive gains for the barometer of sentiment toward the bloc and its prospects for the next six months. 

August 11,2020