Economics / Markets

Network and support services group Sense has reported profits of more than £420,000 for the year ended 31 May.

A surprise delay in the US Federal Reserve's plans to wind down its QE programme may continue into 2014, fund managers have suggested.

Labour will reverse a planned rise in business rates for small firms if it wins the next election, party leader Ed Miliband is expected to say today.

Labour would scrap tax relief for the UK's richest pensioners if the party wins at the next General Election, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.

Mark Carney's revolutionary "forward guidance" on interest rates is so half-baked it could pose a threat to financial stability, a former Bank of England economist has warned.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has won Germany's election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.

The Federal Reserve has been accused of ‘making policy on the fly' after it opted not to taper its quantitative easing programme at its monthly meeting yesterday.

The US Federal Reserve surprised investors and sent shares soaring after it unexpectedly opted to hold back on any tapering of its stimulus last night.

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