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Faced criticism during US President-elect's campaign

For the first time in many years, central banks' mettle is about to be tested. This will happen most obviously in the US and UK but also in the eurozone.

US govt likely to be supportive of biomedical research

In a year of political surprises, Donald Trump has succeeded in delivering the greatest of them all by winning the US Presidential Election on the back of a Republican sweep, writes Nicolas Janvier, co-manager of the Threadneedle American Smaller Companies...

Also linked to US treasury secretary role

Anton Eser also promoted to CIO

Plenty of scope for political surprises

Could benefit oil and gold

Tightly fought campaign

Housing remains one of the brighter spots for the US economy. After enduring four years of depression, the housing industry began to recover in 2012 and now seems more like a tailwind than a headwind.