Economic news and events

The US Federal Reserve is likely to cut its benchmark rate by 0.25 points next week, the Financial Times reported on Sunday morning.

The Federal...

The Bank of England is expected to deliver its second interest rate cut of 2024 at the

monetary policy committee’s meeting next week, The Times...

The UK manufacturing economy made a soft start to the final quarter, falling into contraction territory for the first time since April, numbers on Friday...

UK house price growth slowed last month, numbers from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Friday.

Nationwide said annual house price growth ebbed to 2.4% last...

Factories in Ireland were humming again last month, thanks to the strongest growth in new orders in over two years, survey results from S&P Global...

Fewer customers hit the shops in the UK in October, although the fall mainly reflected the timing of the school half-term, figures on Friday showed.

According...

Wholesale prices in Ireland saw a slight month-on-month increase in September, slowing their annual decline, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.

Wholesale...

Tax rises in the budget are likely to hit workers in the pocket with lower pay rises, Rachel Reeves has admitted.

The UK chancellor acknowledged her...

Shares in betting firms leapt after Wednesday’s budget contained no rumoured tax changes, while a cut in beer duty provided cheer to pub operators.

Earlier this...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said changes to employers’ national insurance will raise as much as £25 billion as part of a £40...