growth

ON UK GROWTH

Lindsell Train co-founder Nick Train has admitted to being "flabbergasted" by a recent spell of outperformance in his £355m Finsbury Growth & Income trust.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to release a gloomier picture of the world economy this week, trimming its forecast for global growth this year by 0.1%.

UK think-tank NIESR has revised down its growth forecast for the UK next year, despite a strong third quarter which has seen the economy emerge from recession.

Shares across Europe are trading lower after Japan led Asian indices lower overnight, with the FTSE 100 on course for its third consecutive day of losses.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has made a sharp cut to its forecast for UK growth in its latest interim economic assessment.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said the world's second largest economy can meet its growth target this year in an effort to allay concerns over recent economic data.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest 'equity hitchhiker's guide to the global galaxy' has outlined a range of prospective trades for investors in the coming months.

A solution to the European debt crisis will not be enough to turn around global economic performance, at least for the next few years, according to a report by thinktank the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR).

Chancellor George Osborne said UK inflation will come down significantly by the end of the year.