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The UK would have "zero" influence if it voted to leave the EU, the outgoing president of the European Commission has said.

Interest rates should remain low to avoid long-term economic stagnation, the chief economist at the Bank of England has said.

The UK economy will grow by 2.4% in 2015, well below the 3.1% growth expected this year, forecasting group EY Item Club has said.

The Office for National Statistics has revised second quarter growth figures in the UK up from 0.8% to 0.9% in its final estimate.

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Almost 90% of active UK equity fund managers beat the benchmark index last year, far outstripping the performance of other active managers, an S&P Indices report has found.

The UK economy will grow faster in 2014 than any other G7 economy, while low wage rises will ensure interest rates do not rise until next year, an influential report has forecast.

UK households felt under increasing financial pressure in July and expected their finances to deteriorate over the coming year, a new survey suggests.

Ian McVeigh and Steve Davies, managers of the £1.1bn Jupiter UK Growth fund, have said domestic investors should be wary of a number of ‘disruptive events' which could impact share prices over the next 12 months.