Resurgent inflation fears drive global sell-off in government debt Markets Government bonds suffered a major sell-off on Tuesday as fears about the potential persistence of inflation continued to build.
Brexit hit to UK trade not as bad as first thought Economics The negative impact Brexit had on UK trade may have been softened by big firms adapting to EU barriers, fresh research from a top London university has shown. A report from the Centre for Economic Performance, linked to the London School of Economics, found that “in the short run, aggregate trade proved moderately resilient” to [...]
Why Donald Trump’s love affair with tariffs will only end badly Economics A lot of ink has been spilled trying to work out what impact this will have on the global economy. To cut a long story short, nobody knows exactly what will happen - but it is not going to be good.