Global markets have regained some sense of calm following the turbulence that followed the unexpected result of the UK referendum that saw a vote to leave the EU.

Northern Ireland would be the worst hit of all economies by a Brexit, a leading thinktank has warned.

The UK economy will this year grow less than previously estimated and a vote to leave the EU would send sterling tumbling and further damage the outlook, the UK’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said.

How Britons vote in the general election in three months could determine the cost of their mortgage.

The eurozone will grow by 1.3% this year and 1.6% next year, according to the Euroframe Indicator.

Lloyds Banking Group investors are betting that UK house prices will continue to rise across the country as the economy recovers.

The UK economy may never have suffered a “double dip” recession, researchers have said – just days after official figures showed it avoided an unprecedented “triple-dip”.

A cap on the amount of benefits people can receive in the UK begins today in a policy that is being trialled in parts of London.

Bank of England policymakers will consider more drastic action to kick-start the UK economy today amid signs the fragile recovery is faltering.

The UK’s economy will slow significantly as it is buffeted by the debt storms whipping the eurozone and US, the Bank of England will warn this week.

British taxes must rise £82bn (€94.6bn) a year to balance health costs and underfunded state pension investments, an economic research body said.

A shortage of buyers sent British house prices falling in July for the first time since February, figures showed today.

Inflation and unemployment figures and the annual meetings of British Airways and Marks & Spencer should make up for a quiet results schedule on the London market this week.

London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his finance minister, Alistair Darling, are confident Britain resumed growth at the end of last year, a spokesman for Brown said.

Hopes were building today for a swift economic recovery after a swathe of encouraging signs suggested Britain was already on the road to growth.

Hopes were building today for a swift economic recovery in Britain after a swathe of encouraging signs suggested Britain was already on the road to growth.

The pace of the UK’s economic downturn will be revealed today with the publication of the latest official growth estimates.

GLOBAL deflation seems an unlikely topic the morning after we have been dubbed the most expensive country in Europe by a massive 12% margin.

BRITAIN’S economy has become more like France and Italy in the way it responds to sudden changes in prices, suggesting Britain may be ready for euro membership, an academic study said.