Economics

The UK is experiencing a slower economic recovery than 23 of the 33 advanced economies monitored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to analysis.

The UK's stagnating economy avoided a triple-dip recession today after initial estimates showed it expanded 0.3% in the first quarter of 2013.

Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing Governor of the Bank of England, has written to a small business owner to offer his sympathies after the man's own bank refused him a loan.

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In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from Rathbone Unit Trust Management, Threadneedle Investments and S&P Capital IQ discussed Economic Outlook.

The much coveted Nobel Prize for economics has been awarded to game theorists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for an "an outstanding example of economic engineering".

Monday 19 October, 1987, is known as 'Black Monday' after stock markets worldwide plummeted in a single day.

The Bank of England's chief economist Spencer Dale has warned printing more money "might do more harm than good" and could cause harm for the future.

The UK's unemployment rate fell in the second quarter of the year, from 8.2% to 8%, although the number of young jobseekers climbed over the period.