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The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said it expects the UK to avoid another recession but warned it now faces a bleak period of low growth.

The FTSE 250 could rise a further 15% in 2011 despite surging more than 25% in 2010, said Old Mutual Asset Managers mid-cap specialist Richard Watts.

With stronger than expected inflation readings in the eurozone, China and the US this month and the UK continuing to dramatically overshoot its inflation target, investors should be looking to protect their portfolios from the consequences of continued...

WHEN SHOULD RATES GO UP?

Britain's economic growth will fall significantly short of official forecasts as government cuts take their toll, according to a leading think-tank.

Allianz's Michael Konstantinov is reversing the bias towards Russia and energy stocks he introduced in November last year to shift back into China, Brazil and India.

Apologies for ruining the positive vibe but I cannot help but return to a recent bugbear of mine - risk.

US economic growth cooled off in the first quarter of 2011 with GDP growth of 1.8%, down from 3.1% the previous quarter.

The UK economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of the year, down slightly on economists' estimates, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today.

Chancellor George Osborne said he believes the UK economy is "roughly in the right place" ahead of the publication of Q1 GDP figures this morning, as economists predict growth will come in below forecasts.