Economics / Markets

The US Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen has hinted that interest rates in the US could start to rise in early 2015.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has raised its forecast for UK economic growth this year as the recovery continues to gather pace.

Unemployment in the UK fell by 63,000 to 2.33 million in the three months to January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The Chancellor is to set out his plans to bolster and support a "resilient UK economy" later today, with the aim of boosting economic security at the heart of his Budget speech.

The government plans to announce the launch of a new £1 coin in today's Budget, in an effort to combat counterfeiting.

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned the 2% target for inflation has become a "dangerous distraction" for the UK's policymakers.

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Asian markets suffered their worst weekly loss since 2012 as the EU and US considered sanctions against Russia following a referendum on Crimea.

George Osborne has denied ‘insulting' middle-class voters by claiming that making them pay higher tax rates is ‘good for them' because it makes them feel successful - and more likely to back the Tories.

Markets across Asia fell sharply overnight, with key indices shedding over 3%, as worries about the health of the Chinese economy and its ability to re-balance continued to hurt equities.