Quantitative Easing

Triple-dip recession looms as ONS preliminary data says UK economy contracted 0.3 percent in 2012's fourth quarter.

Incoming governor reassures after ex-MPC member Adam Posen attacks Mervyn King's dominance in monetary policymaking.

Monetary Policy Committee meeting showing preference for Funding for Lending Scheme to stimulate UK economy.

Public debt as a portion of GDP now 70.7 percent, reports Office for National Statistics.

ONS reports third successive month of UK CPI inflation at 2.7 percent.

Japan's currency hit a two and a half year low against the US dollar as investors bet BoJ will bow to new government pressure and add trillions in new stimulus.

US economic concerns return after Fed's meeting minutes and further political wrangling indications.

US unemployment rate remains stable in December, indicating a weak growth in the labour market.

Japan's currency hits two and a half year low against the US dollar following Fed minutes, Shinzo Abe statement

Funding For Lending scheme is increasingly seen as the BoE's most important tool as impact of Quantitative Easing wanes

Minutes from latest Bank of England MPC meeting also shows policymakers think inflation will be above target for most of 2013.

George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has often of late made reference to the fact that the Coalition Government has already reduced the country's Budget Deficit by a quarter since coming to power. Concentrating on Deficit reduction has not been politically comfortable for the Government with the opposition Labour Party being usually ahead in the opinion polls since late November 2010 - it didn't take long - and a ComRes survey for The Independent at the end of October...

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee 'ultimate test' is gilt market with UK's top rating at risk after autumn statement.

Rate to be maintained till unemployment dips to 6.5% or lower.

Benchmark gauge of global shipping costs falls more than 12 percent in two days following weak US and China trade data

ONS's second estimate of UK GDP data for Q3 reiterates original headline figure.

George Osborne may have to scrap 'unrealistic' debt target for UK, says thinktank.

Bank of England votes 9-0 to hold key lending rate at record low and 8-1 to keep its £375 asset purchase programme unchanged

ONS figures show government borrowed £2.7bn more in October than same month in 2011.

Every month commentators use headline figures to bash each other's head in, but they really need to look deeper at the UK economy data.

Mervyn King says Britain faces "unappealing" mix of faster inflation and slow growth as uneven recovery path begins next year.

London 2012 boost gone as more Britons claim the dole though employment rate improves.

City veteran and CEO of ICAP Michael Spencer unleashes a checklist of reasons for why trading conditions are the worst in nearly 4 decades

Education costs rise by twice as much as previous monthly records since records began, said ONS.

CEBR reports City of London bonuses fall again this Christmas as financial sector activity slows in 2012.

Despite being in collapse, construction sector could be key to full UK economic recovery, claims new campaign.

Policymakers also keep base rate at record low as they wait to see impact of credit easing efforts on UK economy.

Index of permanent jobs shows fastest rise in vacancies for almost a year and a half, though UK economy's outlook worsens.

Bill Gross, chairman of the world's biggest bond fund, excoriates US politics and policy as he warns of "financial repression"

Mortgage approvals rise but house price recovery could be uneven as sales accelerate into year-end.