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Simon French: Rishi’s Big Moment

22nd February 2022

Chancellors rarely get an opportunity to set their own agendas. Invariably their tenure is shaped by events. Norman Lamont had Black Wednesday in 1992.
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Simon French: The secondary effects of higher interest rates are worrying policymakers

8th February 2022

One of the biggest and most important trends in global financial markets is under strain. Interest rates on government, household and company debt –…
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Energy price cap shouldn’t become the status quo as it just leads to more chaos

7th January 2022

29th December 2021 Economic crises have a nasty habit of upending UK governments. The Winter of Discontent in 1978/79, the Exchange Rate Mechanism…
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