Pensioners are the hardest hit in zero-growth Britain
Here’s the problem, however. Pensioners are suffering more than any other single group.Analysis by the Resolution Foundation this week found...
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Companies’ Loyalty To Foreign Investors Can Undermine U.S. Elections
Democrats strongly agree that foreign investors should not be participating in U.S. elections, but this problem persists.Getty Images We are...
Average long-term US mortgage rate falls slightly, easing borrowing costs for home shoppers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell slightly this week, welcome news for home shoppers facing...
UK economy falls by 0.3% in Q4 2023 – World
LONDON -- The gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom (UK) fell by an unrevised 0.3 percent in the...
Output in Northern Ireland economy declined in final quarter of 2023 – The Irish News
The Northern Ireland economy ended 2023 in decline, official figures show.Official statistics body Nisra said while the north’s economy grew...
How Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could affect US economy and global trade
After the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge this week, questions remain on the effect its absence will have...
EU envoys agree deal on Ukraine agricultural imports, Belgium says
A combine harvests wheat in a field in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict near the settlement of Nikolske in the...
Private equity binge threatens to trigger financial crisis, warns Bank of England
In minutes from its March quarterly meeting, the FPC said: “The private equity sector, which is closely related to private credit and leveraged lending, plays an...
EU banks under fire, accused of financing ‘ecosystem destruction’
Since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, European banks have lent about €256 billion to corporations that put forests, savannahs and...
Germany’s moribund economy faces years of stagnation
This needs to be reduced not by weakening exports but rather by stronger growth in consumer spending. Yet German consumers...
