30 November 2017 Low Productivity A price paid for virtue? By John Watson For all the cautious common sense behind Mr Hammond’s measures, as he doled out a billion here and a billion there to serve as sticking plaster for the nation’s problems, they could only achieve so much in the face of the forecast… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30: Low Productivity (John Watson)
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Issue 127:2017 11 02:Don’t panic (Frank O’Nomics)
02 November 2017 Don’t panic! We should not be concerned by a rise in UK rates. by Frank O’Nomics. After a 10 year gap, the first rise in UK rates might be seen as a momentous event. A decade of cheap, readily available credit is coming to an end so surely we need to be… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02:Don’t panic (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 113:2017 07 13:Zombie Nation (Frank O’Nomics)
13 July 2017 Zombie Nation Does low UK productivity matter? by Frank O’Nomics “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything”. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote this in 1994, but given the latest data from the ONS his view is topically disconcerting for the UK. For the last 10 years our… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Zombie Nation (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Moving the interest rate goal posts(Frank O’Nomics)
23 March 2017 Moving the interest rate goal posts The Bank of England has forgotten its mandate by Frank O’Nomics The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England sets UK interest rates with a view to keeping inflation close to 2% over the medium-term. If inflation is forecast to exceed this target at a… Continue reading Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Moving the interest rate goal posts(Frank O’Nomics)
