End-of-recession hopes dashed on Black Friday

Manufacturing, construction and consumer spending are all down. Now what?

Why Mervyn King wants to break up the banks

There are real fears of another cheap money bubble inflating, underwritten by taxpayers

British retail sales slide back again in August

Shopkeepers suffer as hot weather and sporting events keep shoppers away from the high street

UK to lag global growth, says OECD

Paris-based body says Britain is set to be the only major world economy not to grow by 2010

Budget deficit hits £8bn

UK public debt balloons to record levels in July as government spends its way out of recession

BoE hints at low rates

Minutes from the Bank’s most recent meeting show the governor wanted to pump even more money into the economy

BoE sounds negative note on UK economy

The Bank's governor, Mervyn King, warned yesterday that the UK faces a long and difficult recovery from recession

Hopes grow for UK economic recovery

Britain is set to rebound from the recession, according to the latest data, with the downturn now nearing an end

FTSE heads for record rise

After rising on Friday for the tenth successive day the FTSE 100 is poised to equal its record 11-day run