As if to emphasise the challenge facing the Tony Blair, who last week nipped round the country pledging affordable housing as part of his pre-electioneering, Halifax has released figures showing just how much house prices have come in the past decade....
The US economy is expected to remain relatively strong now the election is over, but consumer spending and pressure on the oil price are likely to determine how stock markets fare over the coming year, suggests Gil Knight, senior US fund manager of the...
Gartmore says a poll of investors has found more than 4-in-10 are negative towards the economic outlook for the US regardless of who wins next Tuesday's tight presidential election.
US economic growth will stall through the latter half of this year and into 2005 helping hand this November's presidential election to Kerry rather than Bush according to a forecast from ISIS Asset Management.
ISIS Asset Management says corporate earnings in the US should stay strong through this year, but adds there are still dangers in the form of continued high unemployment and the weak dollar.