The UK's manufacturing sector is in recession, after a much-watched economic survey on Friday confirmed another month of contraction in activity amongst the country's manfuacturers.

November 1,2019

The U.S. economy continues humming along nicely but strategists at Nordea Markets are sceptical the growth will persist in the coming year.

October 31,2019

The German economy is now almost sure to have slipped into recession during the third quarter, according to Pantheon Macroeconomics, after October's IHS Markit PMI surveys pointed clearly to contagion from the factory sector having now reached the services industry of Europe's economic powerhouse. 

October 24,2019

The UK public finances deteriorated in September for the first time in five years after income growth failed to match an increase in government spending, leading to higher borrowing toward the end of the third quarter, a first since 2014.

October 22,2019

The UK is on course for a Saturday showdown over Brexit in the House of Commons after Boris Johnson emerged from negotiations in Brussels claiming to have reached a new deal with the EU, as the Prime Minister appears to be short of the support needed to get agreement through parliament. 

October 17,2019

The Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation in the UK showed prices increased by 1.7% year-on-year in September, unchanged on the previous month but a shade below the market's expectation for a more robust reading of 1.9%, as a trend of steadily declining price pressures on the UK consumer extends.

October 16,2019