Economics / Markets

Economist Nouriel Roubini believes the unresolved debt crisis in Europe has resulted in more than a 50% chance of a worldwide recession.

US stocks advanced on Monday amid perceived progress in talks to resolve the eurozone debt crisis.

The risk of another UK recession is higher now than in recent months, according to Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale, who said he suspected the economy would contract in the final quarter of 2011.

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Medium-sized businesses are the UK's "forgotten army", overlooked by government but with the potential to inject between £20bn and £50bn into the economy by 2020, according to the CBI.

The US is set to see another ratings agency strip it of its AAA-credit rating by the end of the year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has predicted.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has been asked by the Treasury Select Committee to explain his decision to inject a further £75m into the UK economy through quantitative easing (QE).

A decision - scheduled for Sunday - on whether to boost the eurozone's €440bn rescue fund has been delayed due to fresh disagreement between France and Germany about how to address the debt crisis.

The UK's faltering economy could fall back into recession but government action is likely to help avoid another downturn, according to business secretary Vince Cable.

The European Commission (EC) has raided European banks as part of a probe into suspected fixing of interbank lending rates, including Deutsche Bank.