The US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland…

The UK economy expanded by only 0.1% in the final three months of last year, according to official data, as falling business investment and weak…

Gold and silver prices seesawed on Monday, after a “meltdown” in the metals market deepened and rattled investors around the world. Gold prices tumbled by…

Global stock markets are bracing for falls when trading resumes on Monday after Donald Trump threatened eight European countries with fresh tariffs until they support…

Google’s parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most…

Oil markets have recorded their steepest annual fall since the Covid pandemic and could be on track to plummet further as oil producers continue to…

A stock market boom in artificial intelligence companies has added more than half a trillion dollars to the wealth of America’s tech barons in the…

Britain’s economy shrank unexpectedly in October as consumers held back on spending before Rachel Reeves’s budget, and car manufacturing struggled to recover from the cyber-attack…

Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in…

Fears of a growing bubble around the artificial intelligence frenzy resurfaced on Thursday as leading US stock markets fell, less than 24 hours after strong…