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Citigroup's top economist Michael Saunders has forecast Greece will exit Europe's single currency on 1 January 2013, and its new currency will immediately depreciate by 60%.
The worse-than-expected decline in UK GDP is likely to spur the Bank of England into injecting another £50bn into the economy next month, said Henderson's Simon Ward.
The decline in UK GDP growth in the first quarter of 2012 was today revealed to be worse than expected, after the Office for National Statistics reported a worse than feared fall of 0.3%.
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The notion of free banking is a “myth” that may ultimately encourage the mis-selling of financial products, Bank of England executive director Andrew Bailey has said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior European Union (EU) officials last night called on Greece to shelve plans to quit the single currency and urged it to see out its austerity programme.
Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has reportedly issued Morgan Stanley with a subpoena as part of an investigation into Facebook's IPO, while two investors are taking legal action against Facebook, Nasdaq and Morgan Stanley following the botched market debut.
European equity markets have given up all yesterday’s gains as investors remain on the back foot ahead of today’s EU summit.
April UK retail sales have come in well below forecast as Bank of England minutes have revealed many MPC members are considering voting for further quantitative easing.
The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for China this year from 8.5% to 8.2%, which would be its weakest level in more than a decade.
Business secretary Vince Cable is a "socialist" who should have never been given responsibility for business policy, Adrian Beecroft has claimed.
Chancellor George Osborne has said the UK government is making contingency plans for a Greek exit from the euro as the crisis in the region reaches a “critical” point.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Christine Lagarde, has urged the UK to consider introducing more quantitative easing and cut interest rates.
Inflation in the UK dropped in April, beatings the consensus forecast.
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