Moody???s warns that France???s Triple-A rating could be put on negative outlook; Merkel???s Spokesperson: Dreams of a magic solution will not be fulfilled this week

The TPC TGIF political cocktail of the week segment has celebrated such notable past and present Washingtonians as... Marion Barry with his signature cocktail The Dirty Hooker; Barney Frank and Super Fruity Sangria; and Ted Kennedy's The Chappaquiddick. Unfortunately this week, given the extremely negative dialogue and the antipathy that has been displayed between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingric...

At the Conservative Conference that was held following the formation of the Coalition government there were many, often negative, views from delegates about the need to be in government with the Liberal Democrats. By contrast, Tory ministers, enjoying government for the first time after a long spell in the political cold, were almost falling over themselves to commend their Lib Dem partners as eff...

Bond dealers and institutional investors say the Treasury should allow debt sales at negative rates of interest

A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), headed by a foreword by Lord Peter Mandleson, takes an in-depth look at the positive and negative impacts of the increased internationalisation of trade – what they characterise as the Third Wave of Globalisation. IPPR’s Will Straw and Alex Glennie set out how the modern increase in

Lib Dem chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander was grilled by BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman on Wednesday night about the UK’s negative growth figures — here’s what Danny had to say about the Coalition’s economic strategy: (Available on the BBC website here.) * Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and also writes

John Denham, Labour MP for Southampton Itchen, has reacted to news that the economy is now shrinking by more than expected. According to the Office for National Statistics, the UK's economy suffered a 0.2% contraction in the final quarter of 2011. Mr Denham, in response to growth figures for the final quarter of 2011, said; "George Osborne told us the economy would grow and unemployment would...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates cautions against the negative effects of reducing aid budgets during times of economic austerity.

At 9.30 this morning we’ll get our first look at GDP figures for the last quarter of 2011. They will almost certainly be very close to zero – and whilst the political debate will be shaped by whether they are just about negative or just about positive, they won’t (barring a really unexpected result!) tell us a great deal we don’t already know.

Research shows high level of fees had a strong negative effect on US pensions fund returns as industry comes under intense political scrutiny