Recession

The American economy is not headed for a double dip recession and is likely to gradually strengthen over the coming year, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner believes.

Barclays Wealth chief economist Michael Dicks believes the UK faces a one in three chance of entering a "double-dip" recession next year.

More than half of the 1,000 largest IFA businesses in the UK have lost at least a third of their value in the last 12 months, research suggests.

IFAs can learn best practice during the upturn from advisers who lost, then regained, jobs during the recession, says an industry recruiter.

The UK economy emerged from its 18-month recession at a faster pace than expected, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

The contentious role played by Goldman Sachs in Greece's debt-saddled financial crisis is under scrutiny by financial regulators in the US, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has revealed.

A key estimate of UK GDP suggests output increased in the three months ending in January, but indications of a more substantial recovery are still wide of the mark, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Charlotte Moore looks at the qualifications IFAs need to be able to advise on long-term care.

New business opportunities will arise for advisers as higher unemployment historically follows an economic recovery, IN Partnership's Kevin McDonagh says.

Although most developed and developing economies came out of recession during the course of last year, most recoveries are expected to be slow and fragile in nature.