Almost every indicator suggests that US labour market conditions are the tightest they have been since the financial crisis, possibly even the tightest in decades. Nearly every sector is now operating...

A flood of off-lease vehicles has hit used car prices and new vehicle sales, and the glut of vehicles still in the pipeline suggests that the sector’s woes will worsen in the months ahead. But this is...

Recent surveys show that the strength of business sentiment is fuelling a recovery in capital investment while ensuring that firms’ demand for labour is as strong as ever. With the pool of unemployed...

The Fed’s latest Senior Loan Officer Survey (SLOS) reveals that the recent weakness in bank lending is principally due to weak demand for loans rather than banks tightening lending standards.