There are three good reasons to expect the Bank of England’s MPC to “wait and see” for at least another month. Nonetheless, there may be one even better reason to pull the trigger now - "credibility". A Reuters poll of sixty-five economists last week found that all sixty-five expect the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to … Continue reading The Bank is unlikely to raise rates this week, but maybe it should?
Category: Labour markets
Weekly wrap: Labour still isn’t working
Keir Starmer’s government is wasting its remaining time and your money playing at being a tech investor, while failing on everything from job security to national security. Welcome to the latest weekly wrap of the key points from my social media posts, with comments on the UK and global economies, the markets, and occasionally on … Continue reading Weekly wrap: Labour still isn’t working
Weekly wrap: is the ‘net zero’ economy really worth £105 billion?
How the numbers in the CBI Economics report are being spun to mislead, and why Italy and Spain are not good benchmarks for the performance of ‘Brexit Britain’… Welcome to the third weekly wrap of key points from my social media posts. These wraps will typically include a mix of comments on the UK and … Continue reading Weekly wrap: is the ‘net zero’ economy really worth £105 billion?
Weekly wrap: more heat than light from the politicians
Politics is heating up for the summer, but there were at least a few more reasons to hope that underlying inflation pressures may be starting to cool. This is the second weekly wrap of the key points from my social media posts on the UK economy, on the markets, and occasionally on the politics too. … Continue reading Weekly wrap: more heat than light from the politicians
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