Economic news and events

The Bank of England on Thursday said it sold a portfolio of £19.3 billion worth of UK gilts, which it purchased in the autumn to...

Irish premier Leo Varadkar and UK Labour leader Keir Starmer are to travel to Belfast on Thursday as efforts to resolve the dispute over the...

International Distributions Services PLC’s Royal Mail is experiencing ‘severe service disruption’ to its international export services following a cyber incident, the company has announced.

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International Distributions Services PLC’s Royal Mail has rejected claims it is planning to sack thousands of workers, insisting such statements are ‘designed to mislead and...

Ireland’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in seven months at the end of 2022, figures on Wednesday showed.

According to the Central Statistics...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said post-Brexit trading issues which ‘risk and undermine’ Northern Ireland’s place within the UK must be addressed.

Cleverly was speaking...

Global growth is expected to slow ‘perilously close’ to recession in 2023, the World Bank said Tuesday, slashing its economic forecast on high inflation, rising...

New laws in the UK requiring minimum levels of service from ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers during industrial action risk triggering a fresh clash...

After a challenging year that saw inflation climb and consumer confidence fall, UK retail sales increased by 3.1% in 2021 from the year prior.

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The Bank of England’s chief economist said on Monday that a ‘distinctive context’ within the UK creates the potential for inflation to prove ‘persistent.’

At...