Economics

Investment Week provides live reaction and analysis following the European Central Bank's announcement of a €1.1trn quantitative easing programme for the eurozone.

Russia's central bank is considering cutting interest rates at its next meeting later this month, shortly after raising them to 17% in an emergency move to halt inflation.

Sterling fell against the euro and the US dollar as the latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes revealed a unanimous vote against hiking interest rates.

Did the Swiss franc just become the new Deutschemark?

Optimistic chief executives are paid less than their peers, research by HEC Business School in Paris has found.

The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the next two years, after December's figures in many countries disappointed.

Ecclesiastical's Robin Hepworth has said fears the upcoming general election will have a detrimental impact on the UK equity market are overstated.

Hedge fund Everest Capital has closed its largest fund after sustaining heavy losses on the Swiss franc's dramatic move last week.

Asian equities sold off overnight and investors rushed for safe havens as markets continued to react to a shock move by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) yesterday to remove the Swiss franc's peg to the euro.

American economist Jeffrey Sachs has urged investors to add socially responsible firms to their portfolios in 2015, as consumers become more aware of companies' social and environmental credentials.