UK equity markets, along with many others around the world, have recovered strongly since their recent low in March 2009. Admittedly, the FTSE All-Share is still well below

The Bank of England’s (BoE) latest monthly Trends in Lending report was published last week. The report provides a timely assessment of lending conditions in the UK, and

It would be nice and easy to believe that the road to economic recovery is now clear and straightforward after the financial market crash of 2007-2009. Is the world

In recent comments to the Treasury Select Committee on economic affairs, Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, said that "UK economic recovery would be slow

Currency movements in the past month are suggesting doubt about whether the global economy is on a smooth glide path to recovery, the view that many participants had

The financial markets have latched on to some positive signs for economic recovery in recent weeks after an unrelenting series of negative news in previous months. Summary of

Recently, stock markets appear to have experienced an almost euphoric phase, seemingly shrugging off most negative news flow day after day. Recently, stock markets appear to have experienced an

The focus is back on the state of the economic recovery in the world's biggest energy consumer after Bank of America The focus is back on the state of