Economic News

The question of whether the UK economy can return to higher, sustained growth has shaped UK politics, UK households and UKBusinessnews for more than a decade. Productivity remains stubbornly weak, real wages have struggled to rise meaningfully, and UKInflationhas only recently begun to fade. …

The UK demographic challenge is intensifying as birth rates in England and Wales fall to their lowest level since the late 1970s. With the total fertility rate at a record-low 1.41 children per woman, policymakers, economists and UK households face a future in which …

The UK car industry could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of France's apparent U-turn on EU "Made in Europe" subsidies. With Paris now urging Brussels to consider UK inclusion in the Industrial Accelerator Act framework, UK manufacturers and suppliers face a potentially more …

UK inflation increased in December for the first time in five months, driven by higher tobacco prices and airfares, according to official data. Both headline and core measures showed an acceleration on an annual basis, adding complexity to the outlook for interest rate policy …

The U.S. stock market is approaching record highs, buoyed by enthusiasm surroundingartificial intelligence(AI) innovations, even as trade tensions escalate following new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. According to formerInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)chief economistGita Gopinath, the surge bears resemblance to the late 1990s technology …