Economic News

... The current economic slowdown could ‘drag on for some considerable time‘ warns Charles Bean, the Bank of England’s deputy governor. Speaking to the BBC from the annual conference of the...

... The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK economic growth ground to a halt between April and the end of June, representing the weakest performance since 1992...

... As the US housing slump continues and unemployment rises, America’s slowdown will deepen in the latter half of 2008, according to a measure that predicts the economy’s direction. The US...

... According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) there has been a slight increase in high street sales in July. Analysts had predicted a fall of 0.2% after a 4.3% drop in June as consumers cut...

... Last week, official figures revealed that the UK’s annual rate of inflation surged to a record high of 4.4% in July. Inflation is now at its highest level since current records began in 1997...

... Official figures show that the number of homes and apartments being constructed in the US plummeted to the lowest level since March 1991. According to the Commerce Department, the 11% fall to an...

... A respected former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the global financial crisis is set to get worse and could result in the collapse of a large US bank within...

... Sterling has fallen more than 15 cents from a high of over $2 against the dollar since last month, hit by a combination of slowing growth and runaway inflation. The pound is approaching a two-year...

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