Absent any new price shocks, this means that inflation forecasts will look benign quite early into 2026 and we expect two cuts in the first half of the year followed by one in the second half to bring ...

So if someone you’ve not met gives you a toothy grin, it’s probably me. Just be patient and, as locals in the 1980s used to say about the former IRA prisoners who would turn up in our area after a ...

Representatives of the French Senate and the lower house met to find a compromise, but the two groups quickly failed to reach agreement. Without a budget by the end of the year, the government will ...

Lay-offs are replacing PowerPoint presentations as the heraldic emblem of the management consultant. McKinsey & Co is the latest to swing the axe, pruning its workforce by a reported few thousand over ...

The UK’s Foreign Office was the victim of a major cyber attack in October, which officials believe was carried out by Chinese hackers. The hack, which was not made public, was an attempt to gain ...

The UK’s financial regulator has begun a formal investigation into WHSmith over accounting errors in its results, as the company looks to recover bonuses from former senior executives following the ...

Germany has been “clearly in a recession since the end of 2022” and even fell back into contraction over the second and third quarters of this year, the central bank said.

Arnold closed Centaurus in 2012 to focus on philanthropy. Now, Arnold Ventures has $4.8bn in assets and awarded $200mn in grants in 2024, according to a tax document. Politically, Arnold has given to ...

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have both had good years thanks to disastrous strategy from the two main parties ...

Some rate-setters believe inflation is already at target, while the decision underscores more tightening is ahead ...

At a little after 9pm on Thursday, the EU’s 27 leaders were presented with an updated version of a proposal, championed by Germany, to use Russia’s frozen assets for a €90bn loan to Ukraine. But the ...

The muted activity came in a month overshadowed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ second budget. She announced further tax increases on top of the £40bn package in October 2024 as she seeks to fund higher ...