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UK productivity - output/hour has risen 1.5% in a decade UK unemployment, at 4.2%, is the lowest since April 1975 UK real wages have risen by 1.1% per annum over the last four years Robots may be...

Having hit an all-time closing high on Thursday, the FTSE paused after the bell on Friday, so far content just to linger in the record peak arena.With Brent Crude dipping back below $80 per barrel,...

Trade War Fears Overshadow Oil at $80Wall Street failed to catch onto the enthusiasm which had washed across European markets in the previous session. The Dow ended lower overnight, as renewed trade...

GDP falls 0.2% q/q in first quarter after 0.1% gain in the previous quarter Flat private consumption growth, falling investment spending and slower export growth all acts as drags on economic...

It is a matter of personal interest that it was my uncle, Iain Macleod, who invented the term stagflation shortly before he was appointed shadow chancellor in 1965i. It is no longer used in its...

Europe opens stronger after weak Asian session US futures mixed Global bond selloff resumes on stronger economic outlook US equity traders have held on, for now, despite on rising rates on the...

Markets in Europe traded in a positive fashion yesterday, helped in no small part by a weaker euro and pound as the US dollar continued to climb, though markets in Italy proved the exception to that,...

Strong miners, a weaker pound and some impressive corporate earnings from the likes of Micro Focus and Burberry lifted the FTSE higher on Wednesday, as it flirted with its all-time high reached in...

Stocks are broadly higher this morning as recent losses have encouraged some buyers to swoop in. Investors have shaken off the news that North Korea might pull out of its summit with President Trump,...

The FTSE 100 barely scraped a higher opening to start the day up 0.1% at 7,727.91as positive earnings from Burberry (LON:BRBY) and acquisition talks from Paddy Power (LON:PPB) balanced out the...

The Dow snapped an 8-day winning streak after interest rate expectations surged. An inline retail sales reading was sufficient to trigger a sharp move higher in 10-Year treasury yields, dampening...

India continues to recover from recent twin shocks (demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax) Manufacturing continues to outperform the service sector Recent easing of inflationary pressures at...

Eurozone GDP adds to signs of economic slowdown Survey data will provide first clues of Q2 health Sector PMI data suggest bad weather and timing of Easter may have subdued economic growth in March and...

The markets didn’t make much of the UK’s jobs data, the FTSE and sterling shrugging in the face of the latest figures. As it has done since inflation began to sky-rocket, the wage growth...