However, forcing interest rates lower than their “natural rate” would cause a surge in the price level. This is the concern if the Fed were to lose its independence, with the ultimate fear that the US ...

They say that generals always prepare to fight the last war, not the next one. You could accuse economists of being guilty of the same thing. Over the past few years, we have endured forecasts for ...

Shares in London seem to be drifting sideways as the FTSE 100 bobbled around the 9,000 mark, while gilt yields rose after government borrowing jumped last month, raising fresh concerns about the UK’s ...

Major shareholder DBay and directors Alan Sellers and Samantha Moss have made a derisory, unconditional recommended offer to take Liverpool-based legal and financial services group Anexo (ANX:57p) ...

Analysts are less bullish – the FactSet consensus is for Remy’s sales to remain flat this year, and for operating profit to remain in the doldrums for the next three years. On a forward price/earnings ...

Stoke-on-Trent-based Portmeirion (PMP:133.5p), a leading UK ceramics manufacturer and retailer, has reported a resilient first-half trading performance given challenges in its North American business.

The first half of 2025 has done plenty to challenge investment assumptions, especially when it comes to the supremacy of US assets. But some investment calls have played out well, including many of ...

After a two-month hiatus, Alex and Lord Lee reunite in the Financial Times studio to cover the latest updates on ten stocks from Lord Lee’s portfolio and questions sent in by listeners. From his ...

BP (BP.), Ryanair (IE:RYA), Rightmove (RMV), profit warnings, Wise (WISE), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Oxford Nanopore (ONT), ...

There are lots of benefits to being in a final-salary scheme, but in certain circumstances, transferring out can make sense ...

At times when interest rates do fall to zero, ‘orthodox’ monetary policy runs out of road. This leaves central bankers rooting around for new tools.

In 1999, the music industry was upended by the peer-to-peer file-sharing business Napster, which allowed music to be transferred directly between servers. As millions of users downloaded content for ...