Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: “In the UK, fruit and vegetable prices increased due to the hot, dry weather, reducing harvest yields,” while prices of meat “have been impacted by ...

Donald Trump’s “breathtaking fiscal policy excess” and attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence risk diminishing the ...

French central bank governor says further easing remains possible as underlying inflation outlook remains unchanged ...

The surprise, however, is that despite the shocks emanating from Washington and the Middle East, US stocks are still grinding ...

The US’s headline personal consumption expenditures inflation index for May rose at an annual rate of 2.3 per cent, in line with consensus expectations and slightly above April’s 2.2 per cent rise. On ...

This is an audio transcript of the Unhedged podcast episode: ‘Can anything stop the US economy?’ Robert Armstrong Inflation, high interest rates, an AI bubble, bad sentiment, tariffs, a lousy housing ...

Economic data: Releases include the final estimate of US first-quarter growth, advanced goods trade balance and core personal ...

Knot: That depends on the relative weight of the factors. In the short run, trade tensions create significant uncertainty, which weighs on investment and consumption. It’s a negative demand shock that ...

The Bank of England is sticking to its policy of removing monetary policy restrictiveness in a “careful and gradual” series of rate reductions, which has amounted to one quarter point cut every three ...

The Iranian regime is facing its gravest threat in years. It’s been weakened by sanctions, bombed by both Israel and the US, ...

While we think the Fed will end up holding all year we fully recognise there is a bimodal path that could lead to cuts. The Fed’s latest set of economic forecasts puts the unemployment rate at 4.5 per ...

After four straight quarter-point cuts in 2025, the ECB is now “in a good position” according to president Christine Lagarde.