Economy

Mounting concern about Greece's seemingly inevitable exit from the euro zone has plunged markets into further turmoil...

Unemployment down by 45,000

The Bank of England today cut its growth forecast for this year to 0.8% from 1.2%. Problems in the euro zone were identified as the key reason - with the crisis seen as the main threat to the UK's recovery...

UK unemployment has recorded a surprise fall at a time when many analysts had expected the jobless rate to remain unchanged...

The true situation regarding retirement Britain is laid bare in the latest LV= State of Retirement Report...

The number of men doing part-time jobs because they cannot find full-time work has more than doubled over the last four years, according to TUC analysis of official figures...

Stock markets across Europe have this morning fallen heavily amid renewed concerns over Greece. Political turmoil in the debt-hit country is fuelling the latest frenzied bout of selling which has seen most major bourses down by around 2%...

Here, John Ventre, Portfolio Manager, Spectrum and multi asset funds, Skandia Investment Group, considers the state of the precious metals market...

Economic repercussions from natural disasters and the weather are significant and can be long-lived, complicating both policy making and understanding the business cycle, according to global investment manager Standard Life Investments...

Dire warning on spread of UK poverty

UK consumer confidence fell back in April, according to the latest data from Nationwide. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said: "The main Consumer Confidence Index has see-sawed in recent months, with alternating rises and falls since September last year...

Mixed performance for jobs market

Poverty in the UK is likely to get worse not better over the next decade. Changes in the labour market, combined with changes to the tax and benefit system, are likely to increase relative poverty rates across the UK, according to the latest research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...

Fragility and uncertainty are key themes revealed in the latest assessment of the UK jobs market. Permanent staff placements increased in April, continuing the trend seen since the start of 2012, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG Report on Jobs...

Here, Schroders' European Economist, Azad Zangana, comments on the recent elections in France and Greece, and the rising tide against austerity...

The staggering amount of rent paid by UK residential tenants is laid bare in a new study. Households are spending an average 38% of their take-home income on rent, with those in London spending 71%, according to figures from FindaProperty...

Queen's Speech targets economy

Alarming figures on increasing levels of unsecured debt in the UK have been revealed in the latest data from Credit Action...

What next for Greece and the euro?

The Government's plans for the next legislative period have been revealed in today's Queen's Speech...

Here Ryan Hughes, Portfolio Manager, Skandia Investment Group, considers the future for Greece and the single currency in the wake of last weekend's election...

Here, Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist for Fundamental Equities at BlackRock, provides his weekly investment commentary on the market...

Consumers are being urged to snap up a competitive energy plan while they can, as a second supplier has moved to push its online prices upwards...

Unemployment is set to continue rising over the next five years in every region of the UK except for the South East, East of England and London...

Stock markets across Europe have not suffered the widely-predicted collapse expected following Sunday's election results in France and Greece...

Following last week's data from the Office for National Statistics which confirmed the UK economy had returned to recession, one lettings firm said the rental sector continued to buck the trend...

Overall shop price inflation fell to 1.3% in April from 1.5% in March, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index...

Brighter growth outlook for UK economy

UK house prices edged down by 0.2% in April, according to the latest figures from Nationwide. Nationwide Chief Economist Robert Gardner said: "The price of a typical UK home fell by 0...

Friday 4th May 2012

It seems to be a great time to become a landlord. If you have the capital to invest in a property or two, renting it out looks like a reasonably safe bet in terms of annual income, with a growing number of people forced to become tenants rather than homeowners as the economic struggle rumbles on...

Friday 4th May 2012

A more positive outlook for the UK economy for the rest of the year has been predicted by the CBI...

The US stock market last night closed at its highest level since December 2007 as the American economic recovery shows more signs of powering ahead...

Research by Baring Asset Management into the best and worst performing asset classes over the past five years demonstrates the need for multi-asset managers to be able to move speedily into and out of asset classes...

Here, Charles Davis, from the cebr considers the reasons behind the latest problems with the manufacturing sector...