Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey called for the world's financial powers, led by the United States and China, to avoid economic nationalism in a speech released three days before Donald Trump is due to be sworn in as U.

The disappointing retail data adds to the dim economic picture in the U.K. and to the challenges facing Finance Minister Rachel Reeves.

The former Bank of England boss, Mark Carney, is now running for the Liberal leadership in his native Canada. What does his time in London tell us? Mark Carney was the first non-British person to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than 300-year history when he took the job in 2013.

No decision will be made for at least a couple of years on whether Britain will go ahead with a central bank digital currency for the general public, the Bank of England said on Tuesday, pushing back the timeline for the project.

London was the only UK region to see house price falls in the year to November, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Property prices in the capital dropped 0.1 per cent to an average of £511,000 in November, a slight improvement on the 0.4 per cent fall recorded in October.

There's good news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves in response to bad signs for economic growth - the market turbulence that piled pressure on her stewardship of the economy has reversed.

Mark Carney, a longtime ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said he was considering a possible bid to lead the Liberal Party and stand as prime minister.

The Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange programme, as it is known, will start with the exchange of experts in emerging payment platforms and digital assets. Secondments will be for a minimum of six months, but could be extended to up to one year.

Buyers in the north east were those who made the most saving, £31,827, by paying in cash while those using cash to buy a property in the capital, London, saved the least. The average saving across Britain came in at £28,189, according to a mortgage specialist.

Gloomy economic data did little to suppress London stocks this week, as a bumper performance across the board saw a heap of winners

People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng met his Bank of England counterpart, Andrew Bailey, on Saturday in Beijing and discussed topics including financial stability and cooperation, China's central bank said on Sunday.

Millions of UK households are struggling with rising energy costs after the government raised the energy price cap by around 10 percent last October. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem),