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Another (economically) scary graph on the ageing population. This time from The Economist. It is not just the low birth …
FT Alphaville had a great quote from HSBC FX Research on the supposed prospects for a “crisis” (i.e. a …
The Institute of Economic Affairs’ Shadow MPC latest meeting produced a 6 to 3 vote in favour of holding rates …
Profits have done comparatively well this recession, which is good news for investors and other business owners. Stumbling and Mumbling …
The threat of a lack of population is becoming as scary as the threat of too much. The term “population …
Henderson New Star’s Money Moves Markets blog has some graphs and numbers on the large (20%) expected increase in …
Moodys has placed a number of Greek government securities on downgrade review, in an announcement quoted by FT Alphaville. Moodys …
The proposed .05% tax (a Tobin tax, although sometimes referred to as a Robin Hood tax) is generally very poorly …
The Euro area’s expected GDP growth is just 1% for the current year, according to a statement made by …
The ONS released consumer and producer price indices for January today, showing a rise in the rate of inflation, confirmed …
The New York Times has revealed Greece’s use of off balance sheet debt, but misses an important implication in …
European economies only grew 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009, and have contracted 2.3% since the same …
Orders in the building industry were flat in the third quarter with an increase public sector housing and infrastructure spending …
In its Inflation Report the Bank of England does expect a short term rise in inflation above its target level …
The latest labour market statistics do not seem to be a signal recovery, but indicates that households are short of …
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has voted to keep the rate it pays commercial banks on their reserves …
Economist Mark Thoma has a posted a graph of long (6 months plus) unemployment in the US. The graph has …
The IMF’s report on the state of the UK economy (issued following annual discussion with the government) stresses the …
The KPMG/British Retail Consortium numbers for retail sales growth shows total like-for-like sales growth of 1.7% year-on-year for …
The latest release from the ONS shows inflation in the UK continued to fall, with the Retail Price Index (RPI …