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The European Central Bank has not “tied itself to the mast” with its use of forward guidance on low interest rates, and could raise them if inflation(...)

A slowing of US Federal Reserve asset purchases is still in the balance with many officials wanting more gains in the jobs market first, according to (...)

Last Friday’s employment report wasn’t bad. But, given how depressed our economy remains, we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, n(...)

On Twitter it can be hard to find someone with a good word to say about Sir Mervyn King, the recently retired governor of the Bank of England. He has(...)

It was another day of gains on European stocks after the European Central Bank said interest rates would remain low. US markets, back from their July (...)

Portuguese yields fell today after the country’s political crisis appeared to ease while the European Central Bank’s commitment to keep interest rates(...)

US job growth increased more than expected in June, which could draw the Federal Reserve closer to implementing a plan to start scaling back its massi(...)

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both took the unorthodox step of offering explicit guidance on low future interest rates yesterda(...)

As we pass the half-way point in the year, how has our economy performed in the first six months of 2013 and what are its prospects for the remainder (...)

The European Central Bank will keep interest rates at record lows for an extended period and could yet cut them further, the bank’s chief, Mario Dragh(...)