Marcus Ashworth

French President Emmanuel Macron's electoral gamble has focused investor attention on the parlous state of French finances and opened the door to a new administration that may be even less fiscally responsible. But Frexit is unlikely and we won't see a rerun of the 2012 market turbulence.

Investors have halved the discount for lending to Paris rather than Rome. That trend may well continue.

The central bank should reconsider plans to shrink its balance sheet given the risk of turbulent debt markets.

Smaller parties won their biggest share of the vote in more than a century. Keir Starmer's Labour Party romped to a decisive UK election victory over the incumbent Tories on Thursday.

Smaller parties won their biggest share of the vote in more than a century.

Keir Starmer's cabinet needs all the help it can get. Gordon Brown , the previous Labour prime minister, stood on the steps of No. 10 Downing

Robert Stheeman's legacy is a gilt market that's saved the taxpayer billions of pounds during his tenure.

Policymakers risk hurting the labor market by keeping rates too high for too long.

The pound looks poised to break into a new trading range against the dollar.

A former policymaker has suggested the UK central bank should get to decide its inflation target. That's a bad idea.