A property price rise in the UK could be the Tories’ last election trump card
Property prices will go back up next year. Not by much. And not by enough for those who chart their wellbeing by the value of their home. In the... Read more
Property prices will go back up next year. Not by much. And not by enough for those who chart their wellbeing by the value of their home. In the... Read more
Government borrowing in September was lower than most economists had expected. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – was £14.3bn last month, according to the Office... Read more
China’s biggest private property developer Country Garden is believed to have become the latest property giant to default on its overseas debt. The firm has $11bn (£9bn) in debt... Read more
The German finance minister has extended a surprise invite to the UK to take “new steps” on post-Brexit trade relations with the European Union (EU). In a BBC interview,... Read more
GAZA CITY—More than a quarter-million Gazans fled their homes and some tried to escape the strip for Egypt as Israeli forces launched new rounds of airstrikes in the enclave... Read more
TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to form a national unity government that includes members of the opposition and former military leaders, a move aimed at reassuring a country still reeling from... Read more
Hamas’s lightning strike on Israel last weekend has raised the question how the group financed the surprise operation. One answer: cryptocurrency. During the year leading up to the attacks, three militant... Read more
As Israel combats the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, it faces the strategic question of whether Iran will direct its other protégé, the Lebanese Hezbollah, to open a... Read more
The UK faces another five years of high interest rates to stem rising prices, an influential global group has warned. The International Monetary Fund expects the UK to have... Read more
Last week’s turmoil in the global bond markets will be playing on the minds of finance ministers and central bank governors when they gather in Marrakech this week for... Read more