Final manufacturing PMIs for November confirm that global growth is slowing, with activity weaker in the euro-zone, Japan and China. However, the further slump in the oil price, to around $70 per...

Although the Fed ended its asset purchases in October, and is set to start raising policy rates in the coming months, global monetary conditions will remain ultra-loose as the ECB and BoJ undertake...

The drop in global commodity prices, coupled with a slowdown in global growth, will push headline inflation rates in a number of economies into negative territory. But, other than Japan, the risk of a...

Today’s flash manufacturing PMIs suggest that the world economy is not growing as rapidly as it was in the third quarter. Nonetheless, the slowdown has been more gradual than many commentators have...