We estimate that world GDP growth was unchanged in Q4 last year at around 3½% annualised. This is well below its pre-crisis average, but is fairly rapid by more recent standards. What’s more, we...

For now, we don’t know what the US policy will be towards the dollar. If Donald Trump seriously wants a cheaper currency, the best way to achieve it might be through a multilateral agreement...

Preliminary PMIs, which were published by Markit today, suggest that growth in the world’s largest advanced economies started the year on a positive note. As such, they do nothing to change our view...

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, we still have little detail on what trade policies he will pursue. Here we set out the potential global impact of the various measures he and his team have...