The IMF’s latest fiscal assessment, published yesterday, suggests that the period of acute austerity has now passed for advanced economies in aggregate. But public debt is still far too high...

Geopolitical risks have grabbed the headlines recently and have been cited as a key factor depressing global economic prospects. However, the military conflicts which have attracted most attention...

Business surveys published today underline that growth in the euro-zone is slowing whereas the US economy remains strong. They also confirm that there has been a sharp slowdown in the UK’s...

Although the US Fed is set to announce the end of its asset purchases in late October, global monetary conditions should remain highly accommodative.