America’s growing debt mountain
After a sell-off following the announcement of sweeping US tariffs early last mo…
Bank of England cuts interest rates despite expected pickup in inflation
Last week the Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates from 4.5% to 4.25%, the f…
The China technology challenge
In January, Chinese company DeepSeek stunned financial markets with the release…
Tariffs eat into growth outlook
Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for global gro…
The dollar - past, present, future
Recent weakness in financial markets has been accompanied by a sell-off in the U…
Tariffs and uncertainty - implications for growth and inflation
Last week global equity markets staged a partial recovery after president Trump…
America’s new tariffs are broader and levied at higher levels than had been expe…
When Harold Macmillan, Britain’s prime minister from 1957 to 1963, was asked wha…