Economic news and events

The average UK household energy bill is to fall to its lowest point in two years from April after Ofgem lowered its price cap in...

Business activity in the US private sector expanded in February, albeit at a softer pace than the previous month, preliminary data suggested on Thursday.

The S&P...

Ireland’s producer price inflation picked up slightly in January, numbers from the nation’s Central Statistics Office showed.

According to the CSO, producer prices increased 2.2%...

The UK’s private sector expanded for the fourth consecutive month and at the fastest pace since May last year, preliminary data suggested on Thursday.

The S&P...

The speaker of the House of Commons is under pressure over his handling of a debate on Gaza, which resulted in MPs passing Labour’s amendment...

Ireland’s national debt has fallen slightly to €42,000 per person, in what is one of the highest gross public debt levels in the world.

The figures...

The UK chancellor has been given less room to offer budget tax cuts after official figures showed a smaller-than-expected surplus in January, but giveaway hopes...

The UK economy is expected to grow 0.4% in 2024 and pick up speed in 2025, according to an average of City forecasts compiled by...

The UK’s public sector borrowing surplus more than doubled in January from the year before, according to the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, though...

Plans to overhaul Britian’s railways have been published by the UK government in a draft Bill.

Proposals include the creation of a new public sector body...