And economists flagged signs of companies in the food retailing and hospitality sectors passing on the recent hike in employers’ national insurance contributions to customers.

The United Kingdom’s inflation rate climbed to 3.8% in July, surpassing economic forecasts and raising questions about the ...

Consumer confidence is at its strongest level since Christmas, despite rising inflation , a deteriorating jobs market and ...

Pensioners could see a boost of more than £550 to their state pension payments next April, fresh analysis reveals.

Bond yields hit a two-month high as investors view any further interest rate cuts this year as unlikely.   Two-year bond ...

UK gilt yields have gradually moved higher over August, as investor concerns over government borrowing costs and wider ...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech to the annual Jackson Hole economic conference on Friday comes amid ...

Higher food and airfare prices pushed UK inflation above expectations in July, official figures showed Wednesday, which has ...

Consumer confidence hit its highest level this year in August, despite “clouds on the horizon” in terms of growing ...

LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers have turned a bit more confident this month after the latest interest rate cut by the ...

The Bank now faces a struggle in balancing interest rate cuts with bringing inflation down, which hit 3.8 per cent in the 12 ...

The FTSE 100 and European stocks were higher on Friday as markets turn their attention to the much-anticipated speech by US ...