The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the next two years, after December's figures in many countries disappointed.
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery.
UK GDP is confirmed to have risen 0.7% in Q3 - but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised down a string of recent annualised growth figures.
Chancellor George Osborne announced a raft of fiscal changes today in the final Autumn Statement of the current parliament.
Franklin Templeton's Dylan Ball has predicted an equity market rotation to value stocks can continue for another six years at least.
The US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, well under the forecast 230,000 figure, according to latest figures which have prompted a fresh rally in US treasuries.
The CBI business lobby group has predicted UK growth will slow in the second half of the year as productivity weakness and slower wage growth bites.
Mike Felton, manager of the £724m M&G UK Growth fund, is finding some of the best value investment opportunities in the resources sector, saying most of the UK market looks overvalued.