Yesterday evening I stopped to take a look at the twin towers at the Vauxhall end of the Nine Elms development which look nearly complete. As they have changed hands they...
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Pakistan is in the midst of a currency and economic crisis
On our journey looking at world economic developments, crises are sadly rarely far away. Indeed, our subject of today has in many ways been one long-running crisis. But the 2022...
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Falling house prices in Germany add to the pressure on the ECB
Last week brought some news which caught my eye. On Thursday, Bloomberg told us this: Germany’s housing boom is over as prices for residential properties dropped for the first...
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The US Federal Reserve changes tack in response to lower house prices
Today’s title is a little tongue in cheek, but there is also quite a lot of truth in it. The chair of the US Federal Reserve has had particular influence over foreign interest...
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UK house price growth looks set to slow in 2022
And we may see falls, says this writer. One of the features of the modern era is the way that central banks have come to regard house prices as one of their main agents of...
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Are we really wealthier than before the Covid-19 pandemic?
The news on 2 December will have brought a beaming smile to the person responsible for the morning meeting at the Bank of England. They will have been able to leave all the house...