30th May 2023
A debate over the health of the UK stock market is intensifying. At a multi-decade discount to its global peers, the FTSE All Share…
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18th April 2023
The outlook for the UK economy continues to improve. This encouraging trend has been apparent in economic data since late last year. Official forecasts…
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21st February 2023
In recent months the outlook for the UK economy has been steadily improving. There is now a decent chance that the UK avoids a…
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28th December 2022
2022 has been a punishing year for investors and for savers. Global stock market indices have declined by an average of 18%. This will…
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12th December 2022
This Thursday sees the Bank of England poised, once again, to raise UK interest rates. This will be the ninth successive meeting this has…
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17th November 2022
“All models are wrong, but some are useful”. This quote from British statistician, George Box, has taken on added resonance for the UK economy…
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25th October 2022
To misquote the late entertainer, Eric Morecambe, Liz Truss had all the right instincts, but not necessarily in the right order. To acknowledge this…
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5th October 2022
It is a popular misconception that the surge in energy prices and its impact on inflation and the cost-of-living crisis is down to the…
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23rd September 2022
Social Media, Newspapers, Broadcasters and Think Tanks inevitably see economic events through their own subjective lens. For some of these platforms, Kwasi Kwarteng’s “Mini…
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9th August 2022
The current Conservative leadership contest has been dominated by economics. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have laid out differing visions for tax and spending…
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1st August 2022
This Thursday will see the Bank of England raise its headline interest rate for the sixth time in a row. Having increased interest rates…
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18th July 2022
The last few months have confirmed that Phase Three of the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is now well underway. Phase One involved…
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