Inflation

The US economy grew 5.9% in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from 2.2% in the previous three months, revised GDP figures show.

Robert Bowes goes through the issues advisers need to take into account if they are wishing to move into the equity release market

Stewart Cowley, head of fixed income at Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK), on the outlook for inflation in 2010.

Boosting economic growth is more important than controlling inflation, advisers say.

UK inflation has hit 3.5%, prompting Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the Chancellor.

Julian Chillingworth, CIO of Rathbone Unit Trust Management, takes a closer look at the implications of the latest inflation figures

UK inflation is likely to have risen to around 3.5%, exceeding the Bank of England's (BoE) target for the third time.

Inflation will rise this year to around 3.5% as the impact of the VAT rise kicks in - but the hike will be short-lived, says an influential think-tank.

The dangers posed to savers and investors by falling gilt values far outweigh the risk of rising inflation, according to Martin Bamford of Informed Choice.

ComStage, the ETF arm of Commerzbank, has released a bond index fund on the Xetra trading platform of the Deutsche Boerse.