Business surveys point to a reasonably strong expansion of global manufacturing activity in June and are consistent with a rebound in world GDP growth in Q2. However, while manufacturing output...

In its Annual Report, published at the weekend, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) argued that “the risk of persistent and self-perpetuating disinflationary pressure is low” and that the...

Preliminary business surveys for June suggest that global manufacturing activity is expanding at a moderate pace, thanks to a rebound in growth in the US and stabilisation in both China and Japan...

The situation in Iraq could play out in many ways. In a “good” scenario, the crisis would ease soon and there could even be some positive fallout for the region. (Our current forecast that Brent will...