Economics / Markets

The FTSE 100 looks set to break the 6,200 level, the first time since May 2008, continuing the rally that has propelled markets since the beginning of the year.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to hold the bank rate at 0.5% at the last meeting, while all but one member voted to maintain the QE programme at £375bn.

Barclays has threatened "substantial" job cuts in its London investment bank, ahead of a review of its operations by new chief executive Antony Jenkins.

The outgoing governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Mervyn King, has said it may be time to review the UK's inflation target, but rejected a suggestion by his successor that central bankers should abandon inflation targeting altogether in times of economic...

Bankers' bonuses should be delayed for up to ten years to kill off a culture of short-termism at large institutions, a senior official has suggested.

More than 100 current and former employees of Barclays have lost their fight for their identities to be concealed in an upcoming court case centred on the alleged rigging of the LIBOR interest rate.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successors are to spend as much as £5m on hiring outside consultancies to carry out economic analysis.

The pound has weakened against the euro, falling below €1.20 for the first time in more than nine months.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) failed consumers and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must take a "radically different approach" to regulation, a group of influential MPs has said.