Markets

55% chance of global recession

Rising deficit prompts downgrade

Blue chips jump 1.6%

Japan's index sees biggest daily rise since 2008

Market wobbles make you realise how little ordinary investors know about the markets, bringing to the fore the challenge we face as an industry to communicate, writes Lawrence Gosling.

Coram investment director and senior fund manager James Sullivan examines how the biggest drawdown of world reserves since 2008/9 could indicate fresh volatility for equity markets - should history repeat itself.

Economist dismisses fears of hard landing

Figures below analyst expectations

Recent market volatility adds to uncertainty

F&C's Anthony Willis assesses the impact of recent events in China on other major global economies.