Europe’s economy will receive a modest boost from the German-led rise in defence spending over the next couple of years. The bigger question is whether it is the start of a move towards creating a...

The slight fall in India’s consumer price inflation in April, which pushes it further below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) 4% target, supports our view that the central bank will press ahead with...

There has been an increase in optimism about the EU in recent months as it has been forced to take more responsibility for its own security, has loosened fiscal policy and has benefited from having a...

Core inflation has recovered somewhat in recent months, even as headline inflation has slipped back into negative territory. But the outlook for underlying inflation is still deteriorating, with the...