Chris Dillow

The US economy is growing faster than the UK's or eurozone's, next week's numbers could say.

There is some evidence that low interest rates have raised share prices not for good reasons but because investors have 'reached for yield'

Economic growth does less to strengthen the US dollar than you might expect

The eurozone crisis could re-emerge at any time.

Growth in the eurozone has slowed, while that in the UK is very sluggish, next week's numbers could show

It's difficult to tell whether the public's inflation expectations are rational or not. Luckily, though, it doesn't much matter

People spend more when the stock market rises. But the link is small – as indeed it should be

Successful strategies can suddenly fail if investors have wised up to them. This might be true of 'moat' stocks

Slower growth in the eurozone's money stock points to slower output growth, which would be bad for shares

Next week's figures could show that UK consumers are pessimistic and that global growth is slowing.

Investors should worry about the shape of the US yield curve