Sunday, 25 April 2010

UK has biggest deficit since World War II

The UK has record deficit as the election battle over the public finances intensifies.

22 Apr 2010

IMF cuts UK forecast in blow to Gordon Brown

The International Monetary Fund has delivered a pre-election blow to Gordon Brown, cutting its 2011 UK growth forecasts.

22 Apr 2010




Britain's public sector pay party is over

The economic mayhem that George Osborne warned about on Wednesday on the back of a hung Parliament will be a heck of a lot worse if such political paralysis is combined with spluttering economic growth.

21 Apr 2010

West confines itself to economic slow-lane

The global economy is looking up, and as ever, events have left the International Monetary Fund struggling to keep up.

21 Apr 2010

IMF and Bundesbank fear contagion from Greece

The IMF has warned that Greece’s debt crisis threatens to spill over across the region unless action is taken soon to restore confidence.

21 Apr 2010

IMF cuts UK growth forecast for 2011

Government dealt pre-election blow as IMF slows down forecast for 2011.

21 Apr 2010

Hung Parliament risks re-run of IMF rescue

Kenneth Clarke warns that a hung Parliament will increase the risk that Britain turns to the International Monetary Fund.

21 Apr 2010