Economics / Markets

Couple lost £43k in 18 months on £700k investment as banking crisis emerged

John McDonnell is poised to use his first Labour conference speech as shadow Chancellor to push for a "Robin Hood" tax on stock market trading, according to reports.

Mark Barnett, head of UK equities at Invesco Perpetual and manager of the Edinburgh investment trust, analyses the growing pressures on listed companies from a number of sources...

Greece's left-wing Syriza party has been re-elected after winning 35.5% of the vote.

UK interest rates could need to be cut further to support growth and return inflation to target, the Bank of England's chief economist has said.

Global concerns weighed on decision

China: Fortune cookie or a ‘big casino'?

Depreciating rand weighs on firm

Inflation fell back to zero in the year to the end of August, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), pushing out expectations of an interest rate rise again.

Investor sentiment fell to its lowest level since May 2013 in September, a Lloyds Private Bank survey has revealed, on the back of growing concerns over China.