Eurozone inflation rose at its fastest pace since January 2013, but the divergence between the headline and core inflation figures means the European Central Bank will be reticent to loosen monetary policy.
A lack of new issuance in the UK corporate bond market could mean it struggles to keep up with a growing demand for the asset class, according to Royal London credit fund manager Shalin Shah.
US president Donald Trump’s first address to Congress was big on sweeping nationalistic statements, short on details for his future tax and infrastructure policies.
The US economy can look forward to a strong run as Donald Trump performs the role of “lightning rod” for growth, according to Hermes’ Mark Sherlock.
Rising commodity prices and assurance of continued low interest rates saw emerging market equity funds welcome fresh inflows for the seventh week running, their longest winning streak since last September.
Action is still needed to improve the “apparent lack of conviction” of some boards who do not hold shares in the investment company they oversee, according to Canaccord Genuity’s latest ‘Skin in the Game’ report.
Private sector growth slipped back from the highs of January as the post-election bounce seen across the US economy was reined in.
More than half of chief executives are planning new alliances or joint ventures in 2017 to help bolster profits according to a new survey of the asset and wealth management industry.
Retail sales in the United Kingdom slipped in January to undershoot forecasts, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Investor confidence is bouncing back and rose for the third month in a row in February, Hargreaves Lansdown has found.
The Bank of England further undermined its own post-Brexit ‘forecasts of doom’ by sharply increasing its expectation for UK growth to 2% in 2017, professional investors said on Thursday.
Growth in the US economy slowed in the last three months of 2016 according to early estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released on Friday.
