In a well-trailed move, the Bank of Japan on Friday raised the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, taking it to 0.5 per ...

Experience suggests that abundant and cheap money is not a harbinger of price or financial stability, much less of sustained ...

UK consumer confidence fell sharply in January to the lowest level in more than a year as a spike in government borrowing ...

Goldman’s forecast is for just 0.9 per cent UK GDP growth this year, which is a lot lower than consensus (1.3 per cent), the ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise rates at its January 24 meeting following recent supportive comments from BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda and deputy Ryozo Himino.

US central bank will wait for more details of Trump’s policies before resuming cuts, says bond manager’s investment chief ...

The Mag Seven are such a huge part of the US stock market that a change in their fortunes amounts to a change in the character of the whole market. So what is going on here? It would be most welcome ...

Richer customers less exposed to inflation are driving brands to target the high end, opening up the mid-market for others ...

The balance of macroeconomic risks has shifted from concerns about high inflation to concerns about low growth,” said vice-president Luis de Guindos in a mid-January speech. December’s change in ...

After experience of Biden administration, fighting price rises likely to be political priority over targeting economic growth ...

Yields down, stocks up. After government bonds sold off sharply the week before, buyers were back after favourable inflation prints calmed investors’ nerves in the US and UK in the past week. As far ...

If, however, the US economy on its own, or in combination with Trump’s policies, do raise inflationary pressures and more importantly, expectations of rising prices, then the Fed will take immediate ...