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.

March 27,2024

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".

March 27,2024

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.

March 26,2024

Consumers’ optimism about their own finances going forward has hit a two-year high.

March 28,2024

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.

May 3,2024

A leading investment bank says there is a 50/50 chance the Bank of England cuts interest rates in May.

March 22,2024