Commodities
IMF leaves global GDP forecasts for 2017, 2018 unchanged after US elections
The global economy was set to accelerate over the next two years but there were uncertainties around exactly what policies the US would put in place and several emerging market economies were now seen growing more slowly, the International Monetary Fund said.
Trump promises 'very quick' trade deal with Brexit Britain
Donald Trump has pledged to agree a quick trade deal between the US with Britain once it has exited from the European Union.
HSBC lifts target prices on diversified miners
HSBC revised its target prices higher for the largest of the diversified miners, telling clients it now expected a decline in commodity prices to be less pronounced that it had previously foreseen.
German finance minister Schäuble issues trade warning to Trump
Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, has warned US president-elect Donald Trump that protectionist trade policies will cause long-term damage to the global economy.
Ex-Fed boss Bernanke says Trump's views on China don't 'fit with reality'
Ben Bernanke, the former head of the US Federal Reserve, has dismissed claims from president-elect Donald Trump that China is a currency manipulator.
Trump attacks CIA boss Brennan as rift with intelligence agencies deepens
US President-elect Donald Trump has taken aim at intelligence agencies in the country once again, criticising Central Intelligence Agency boss John Brennan and questioning whether he was involved in leaking documents to the press.
Commodities: Oil futures end lower amid mixed Chinese trade data
Commodities were little changed at the end of the week on Friday as traders kept their cards close to their chest ahead of the long holiday weekend in the States.
Pound falls on reports Westminster to push for hard-Brexit
News that the Prime Minister was to say in a speech the UK was ready to withdraw from the European single market and that it would seek to regain its independence from the European Court of Justice, sent Sterling back towards its post-Brexit lows.