Economics

Fresh plunges in the value of emerging market currencies have send equities sharply lower this morning, with an analyst downgrade adding to the pain for EM-focused Aberdeen.

The Governor of the Bank of England has indicated his policy of linking interest rates to unemployment could be scrapped less than six months after its creation.

Nick Gartside, J.P. Morgan Asset Manegement's global fixed income CIO, explains why he expects any further sell-off in fixed income to be more muted, after the cost of shorting government debt jumped.

Investors' misplaced belief that US stocks are overvalued has made it the "most unloved bull market" in 40 years, veteran US fund manager Ed Cowart has said.

The sharp drop in the UK unemployment rate and mounting expectations of a 2014 rate hike pushed sterling to a two-year high versus the US dollar in morning trading.

Aviva CFO Pat Regan is to leave the company after three years to take up a post in Australia.

Equity markets across Asia have moved into the red after manufacturing figures suggested Chinese industrial activity has hit a surprise six-month low.

The Bank of England has again moved to temper expectations of an early rate rise, despite the UK unemployment rate dropping to close to the crucial 7% mark this morning.

Economist and founder of Capital Economics Roger Bootle has said quantitative easing (QE) is not the "inflation danger" people should be worried about - the focus should be on the intentions of the government.

Scammers have cloned advice firm Chelsea Financial Services and are operating under the name Chelsea Financial, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned.