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ONS analysis shows sector accounts for more than one in 10 of job ads posted online in December

Thailand's economy could grow faster than forecast this year as a revival in tourism quickens, while the pace of monetary tightening to stave off inflationary pressures remained "reasonable", the country's finance minister said on Monday.

Expectations of the economy avoiding a recession have been rising amid the still-tight labor market and improving consumer sentiments. However, while uncertainties remain, quality stocks Walmart (WMT), AstraZeneca (AZN), and LSI Industries (LYTS), which are Strong Buy-rated in our proprietary system, could be ideal additions to boost your portfolios. Keep…

Economic growth forecast to be 0.8% in 2023 but households still face cost of living pressures

Britain has a shrinking economy and a worker shortage – so why aren’t part-time workers increasing their hours?

Rachel Reeves MP visited a Bolton training centre for telecoms engineers to mark National Apprenticeship Week

Jonathan Haskel, an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, said a wave of investment was ‘stopped in its tracks’ in 2016.

My party agreed that we needed to stop drifting in the direction of a higher-tax, higher-spend economy being choked by ever more regulation, which was causing sluggish growth, low productivity and a dampening of enterprise and innovation”. Thus wrote former prime minister Liz Truss last week.

Consumer sentiment has been buoyed by the recent cooldown in inflation and encouraging economic data. However, with interest rate hikes expected to continue, the risk of the economy tipping into a recession remains. Hence, fundamentally strong stocks Coca-Cola (KO), Merck & Co (MRK), and Valero Energy (VLO) that pay reliable…

A woman was left fuming after her partner decided she could fly in economy, while he travelled in first-class to a work conference

Europe's economic prospects are looking up, at least a little