UK Economics Weekly The big squeeze is still coming Several recent developments appear to have cast some doubt over the likelihood and size of the widely expected post-election tightening of fiscal policy. Recent opinion polls have raised the chances... 8th February 2010 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly Why is the UK lagging behind? It was bad enough that the UK was one of the last major economies to pull out of recession, but we also now know that it saw a particularly feeble post-recession bounce. One reason is that big... 1st February 2010 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly Sterling’s election rally? The pound’s recent climb to a four month high against the euro has revived memories of sterling’s major appreciations ahead of the last two changes of government back in 1979 and 1997. We do not... 25th January 2010 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly Can consumers keep this up? From what we can tell so far, the high street has had a surprisingly good Christmas – and not just due to people trying to beat the VAT rise. We have had our fingers burnt before in betting agains UK... 18th January 2010 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly 2010 – A bumpy road to recovery Last week’s news, all but confirming that the deepest peacetime recession on record finally came to an end in the fourth quarter of last year, suggests that the economy started 2010 with a reasonable... 11th January 2010 · 1 min read
