Economics

The US unemployment rate has fallen to a five-year low, increasing the likelihood of a tapering of quantitative easing later this month.

US treasury yields have jumped and US futures have fallen after the second reading of US GDP growth for Q3 saw a large upward revision.

The government has today unveiled what it said was an unprecedented package of measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion, fraud and error.

More workers will have to wait until age 68 for their state pension after the Chancellor confirmed entitlement rules would change quicker.

Non-residents will have to pay capital gains tax (CGT) on residential property sales in the UK from April 2015, reversing the current rule, George Osborne announced today.

The Chancellor George Osborne said the "great recession" seen after the global financial crisis in 2008 had an even more detrimental impact on the UK economy than previously forecast.

The Chancellor has cut the UK's borrowing levels substantially in the Autumn Statement, substantially revising down March's forecast.

The UK's surprise economic recovery looks on course to continue as Chancellor George Osborne raised his forecast for UK growth over the next few years.

Standard Chartered saw its stock price plummet 7% during trading today after warning of its first fall in operating profits for a decade.

Sterling hit a five-year high on Monday as data from the UK's manufacturing sector came in stronger than expected.