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Fears we are facing a period of prolonged inflation are "unfounded", said Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Adam Posen, speaking on a day when UK inflation dropped sharply.

The UK and the US could be dragged into a eurozone-style sovereign debt crisis if they waver on austerity plans, said Invesco's John Greenwood.

Standard Life Investments' Harry Nimmo is set to run a significantly overweight position in the UK when his Global Smaller Companies fund launches on 18 January.

The yield on gilts tumbled near to record lows this morning as investors piled into any sovereigns which have retained their AAA-status after widespread EU downgrades.

The UK fund management industry faces complete transformation if the financial transaction tax - or Tobin tax - is implemented, commentators have warned.

As Brazil overtakes the UK as the world's sixth largest economy, Maria Merricks looks at the key drivers behind its investment potential.

The UK economy is edging dangerously close to recession with business turnover declining for the seventh consecutive month in December, according to the latest business trends report.

Schroders Richard Buxton has revealed the top ten stocks he is backing in his £2.7bn UK Alpha Plus fund heading into 2012.

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The UK economy has "significantly weakened" with domestic demand at a two-year low, but a recession is not inevitable, the latest quarterly survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) concludes.