View Housing Bubble: the next implosion? The global financial crisis that the US housing-market crash triggered in 2008 carried important lessons about how fragile the financial system is in the face of a housing-market collapse. Unfortunately, policymakers have not yet fully applied them. 10/03/2017
Business Global share markets suffer a Trump slump Nervous investors sold shares on Monday because of uncertainty about the effects of the immigration curbs introduced by the new US president. 30/01/2017
USA Trump victory sparks early losses though markets bounce back Markets stabilise after wobble as Trump triumphs 10/11/2016
Business Wall Street drops sharply after Brexit U.S. stocks have fallen sharply, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping as much as 538 points, as Britain's vote to quit the European Union sent a shock wave through global financial markets. 24/06/2016
Business Market misery on the day after the night before The pound has fallen to levels as low as 1985 after Britain voted to leave the EU. 24/06/2016
United Kingdom Sterling hits historic low as Brexit fallout spreads Stocks and shares have been spiralling downwards across Europe after David Cameron said he will quit as British prime minister. 24/06/2016
world news European markets brace themselves for more panic Wall Street kept a lid on the panic – just – after earlier moving deep into the red on Wednesday following an appalling day on European markets 21/01/2016
world news Russia: rouble at its lowest since 1998 Coupled with fresh falls in world oil prices, investor concerns deepen. 20/01/2016
Business Shares slump as oil prices tumble to new lows Oil prices at new lows have hit the world's stock markets. A share sell off has investors braced for one of the worst monthly performances ever in January. 20/01/2016
world news World stocks set for third week of losses as oil falls back below $30 Concerns about global growth are alive and kicking. Commodity currencies took a beating on Friday (January 15) as oil prices fell back below 30 15/01/2016
Business Chinese economic data sends tremors across stock markets “Violent New Year fireworks,” is how one analyst summed up events on Wall Street where the Dow fell 450 points having its worst opening day in 84 04/01/2016
world news US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as Asian markets rally Investors have chosen to take the historic hike in US interest rates as a sign of confidence in the world’s largest economy. Asian stock markets 17/12/2015
Business Stocks fall as investors seek safety after Turkey downs Russian jet European and world stock markets fell following the news that Turkey had shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, as investors became 24/11/2015
Business Mixed results on China's trade sector Exports not as bad as expected – but imports worse – China’s mixed results have left economists divided over the state of the country’s trade sector 13/10/2015
Business Trip turns into stumble as European markets slump again Traders breathed a sigh of relief as business ended in Europe on Tuesday nursing losses all round as the market stumbled by nearly two and three 01/09/2015
Business Stocks end the week relatively stable after roller-coaster ride It’s been a truly roller-coaster week on the world’s stock markets. The panic selling that took hold in China and elsewhere earlier in the week 28/08/2015
Business US and European stocks rally after Chinese shares halt their slide European stock markets on Thursday rallied off the back of gains in the US and a bounce back in China. By lunchtime Frankfurt and Paris were up by 27/08/2015
world news European shares struggle to hold ground as market fears grow An overnight slump in the Nikkei index in Japan of three percent brought storm clouds to the European markets on Tuesday following a tough Monday 06/01/2015
Business GKN warning drives down shares When carmakers suffer, car parts makers also feel the pain and Britain’s GKN saw its shares fall after warning the economic slowdown in Europe would 16/10/2012
Business No tooth fairy dust for Nobel Biocare profits Nobel Biocare, the world’s second-largest maker of dental implants paid the price of its profit warning in Zurich on Thursday. The Swiss company’s 04/10/2012
Business AkzoNobel gets the brush-off over poorly paintmaker boss AkzoNobel, the world’s biggest paint maker, has delayed its restructuring with the company’s CEO Ton Buchner on medical leave due to fatigue 18/09/2012
Business Kingfisher's rainy day blues Results from Britain’s Kingfisher on Wednesday were a reminder that the crisis is far from over. Europe’s biggest home improvement retailer, which 12/09/2012
Business Glencore to the max over Xstrata Glencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, will not raise its offer for Xstrata any further. On Monday it outlined an improved bid for the 10/09/2012
