UK growth finally reclaimed pre-pandemic level status in the penultimate month of 2021 to put in a strong, broad-based performance before the arrival of the Omicron variant.     GDP growth... 

Top Senate Democrats have long opposed a Russian natural gas pipeline that’s set to enrich Vladimir Putin. But those lawmakers are putting those concerns aside to back up President Joe Biden as he navigates increasingly precarious talks with... 

The Federal Reserve at its December meeting began plans to start cutting the amount of bonds it is holding, with members saying that a reduction in the balance sheet likely will start sometime after the central bank starts raising interest rates,... 

German managers expressed less optimism again in December as Europe’s most populous country continues to grapple with the coronavirus.   Germany’s Ifo Institute reported the sixth straight decline in its headline business climate... 

In a move that surprised analysts and wrongfooted markets the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee became the first major central bank to lift its bank rate and, in the process, took itself off the Christmas party invite list of many...