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Javier Corominas, head of economic research at Record Currency Management, examines whether beta or risk premium returns are available in currency.

Worries over the eurozone debt crisis have prompted the Ernst & Young Item Club to cut its forecast for GDP growth this year from 1.8% to 1.4%.

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The output gap sounds like one of those obtuse concepts bandied about by professional economists to confuse the hell out of ordinary folk.

Chinese growth figures have dropped from 9.7% in the first quarter of this year to 9.5% in the second quarter, as the government struggles to contain rising inflation.

Citigroup and Scotia Capital have predicted a 0.2% contraction in GDP growth for the second quarter, renewing fears of a double-dip recession in the UK.

Investing in healthcare is more than just a play on the well-documented ageing population trend. Maria Merricks reports.

Stéphane Monier, head of fixed income and currencies at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, reveals the best way to capture value in the corporate bond universe.

Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines (TIPs)have struggled recently but remain a solid investment case, Liz Evans at Cavendish has said.