Economics / Markets

Prudential's head of portfolio management group John Betteridge explains why recent market turbulence should not be compared with the crisis of three years ago.

The UK government is understood to be prepared to shoot down proposals for a financial transaction tax being mooted by Germany and France.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been rebuked by its watchdog for publishing growth data last month which "flattered" the national accounts.

Sterling has dropped against the dollar after the latest MPC minutes revealed no calls for a rate hike and opened the door to further QE.

The Swiss government is preparing to unveil a CHF1.5bn (£1.1bn) package to help the country deal with its soaring currency when it meets later today, Reuters reports.

Global markets are down this morning as investors vent their concern at eurozone leaders' "disappointing" efforts to stop the debt crisis.

US investors jettisoned shares in early trading following a warning from consumer giant Walmart.

Price pressures across a number of areas forced UK CPI annual inflation up from 4.2% in June to 4.4% in July.

German growth lurched sharply lower in the second quarter of 2011, piling more pressure on the eurozone and sending shares in the UK lower in early trading.

The fallout from the last week's market turmoil again dominated the money sections of the Sunday papers. But the phenomenon of vanishing advisers and a possible tidal wave of repossessions also grabbed the eye. It's IFAonline's round-up of the weekend's...