Markit’s manufacturing PMIs for October were a mixed bag, with steep falls in the euro-zone and UK sitting alongside small increases in other major economies. In aggregate, the surveys add to evidence...

The fiscal “giveaway” announced by the UK government yesterday has generated a lot of headlines, but it is trivial in a global context, or compared to the US stimulus. For advanced economies overall...

We think that global GDP growth slowed to around 3% annualised in the third quarter and that it will weaken further over the next year or so as the US and Chinese economies lose momentum.

The news that Angela Merkel will step down as head of the CDU has limited implications for the German economy since she will stay on as Chancellor for now and her likely successors broadly support her...