A week since the US and Israel attacked Iran seems a good time to take stock of the implications for the UK economy and markets. Here are six key points. 1. The energy markets are pricing in a relatively benign scenario The energy markets appear to be banking on a short war, with only temporary disruption … Continue reading Six key points on the Iran war
Category: defence
The hard sell: Britain needs to step up to fund its own defence
The BBC is reporting today that the Prime Minister is considering a significant increase in defence spending or, more precisely, that Keir Starmer is looking at bringing forward increases that have already been promised. The Labour government has previously committed to raising core defence spending from a little under 2.5% of national income currently to the new … Continue reading The hard sell: Britain needs to step up to fund its own defence
Plain-speaking Economics 