While UK fund managers suggest buoyant growth for the UK economy, recovery is not yet assured as recent GDP and inflation figures demonstrate.

It has been a cracking start to 2021 for investors, but eeking out gains in the second half of the year may be tougher.

Until the last few weeks, the global recovery had surprised with its strength. However, recently the signals – on jobs, on retail sales, on inflation – have been more mixed.

The annualised rate of UK inflation surged during April from 0.7% to 1.5%

The global economy is flying, but with structural imbalances building, will its strength be reflected in markets?

The latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend index should make encouraging reading for beleaguered income seekers.

For US treasury secretary Larry Summers believes that the Fed is ignoring the risks of inflation and could be sowing the seeds of financial instability.

As investors became increasingly sanguine about prospects for the UK economic recovery, share prices generally rose during April …

Global equity markets generally rose during April, buoyed by encouraging economic data from the US.