This Focus addresses two of the biggest concerns which have undermined confidence in the global economy and markets this year: worries over China and the further slump in the oil price. While...

Another day, another record low for the Baltic Dry Index (BDI). However, while this measure of sea freight costs may be a helpful guide to the balance of supply and demand for certain commodities and...

Today’s Markit PMIs show manufacturing growth holding broadly steady in January, and provide no evidence of the collapse in economic activity that many seem to fear.

The IMF today downgraded its forecasts for global growth this year and next, leaving them closer to our own. It also stressed that prospects for China have not deteriorated markedly in recent months...