Economics / Markets

The CBI has cut its UK growth prediction as squeezed household budgets, weak wage growth and high inflation pour cold water on the recovery.

Weekend papers round-up: Spanish property, the value of marriage and Swiss tax exiles were all on the news agenda, while popular acronyms included JISAs and MINTs.

The European Union (EU) is preparing to restructure Greece's bail-out package after ministers publicly acknowledged it would need further assistance.

Despite yet another truncated week, there was plenty going on in the world of financial advice...

Portugal has said the austerity measures necessitated as part of its 78bn euro bailout package will plunge the country into recession.

The Bank of England has again held rates at 0.5% amid signs the economic recovery is failing to gather momentum.

A slew of downbeat economic data has bolstered the case against raising interest rates on Thursday, according to leading business groups.

Forget the coalition government's first birthday - after a heady 12 months of gargling and newness it is about to enter the Terrible Twos.

Britain's economic growth will fall significantly short of official forecasts as government cuts take their toll, according to a leading think-tank.

Bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group has made a £3.2bn provision for the cost of mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI), driving the bank to a loss in Q1.