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Why the economy is bigger than you think

by Savvas Savouri | Jan 16, 2023

In what follows I will call upon youthful memories of when we used a mixture of washing-up liquid, water, and a plastic circle to aimlessly and harmlessly blow bubbles into the...

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What to watch this winter

by Sabina Reeves | Jan 12, 2023

The top five films coming your way, according to this writer. The bricks and mortar cinema experience may be in terminal decline, particularly in the USA. Only a handful of...

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What lies ahead for the US dollar?

by Savvas Savouri | Jan 10, 2023

Whether we consider the dollar’s level against a trade-weighted basket of other currencies or against a basket of commodities, its strength is arguably 'the market story' of...

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The US Federal Reserve changes tack in response to lower house prices

by Shaun Richards | Dec 5, 2022

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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Lifting the bankers’ bonus cap is the right thing to do

by Dr Gerard Lyons | Nov 15, 2022

And not just for the City of London. Higher pay for bankers and in the middle of a cost of living crisis. The politics of this may not look good, but the economics behind this...

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How to secure our energy future

by Savvas Savouri | Nov 7, 2022

And it's not the greener firms that will save us. To be an economist one cannot also be a diplomat, in as much as to be truly economically objective, one risks making statements...

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Surging rates are pushing house markets to the edge

by Adam Slater | Oct 21, 2022

Global housing markets face a potentially significant downturn as rising interest rates, high valuations, and squeezed real incomes start to bite. Risks look especially acute in...

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Inflation: why you might be worrying about it more than you should

by Sotiris Georganas | Oct 13, 2022

People really dislike inflation. Today, with US annual inflation still above 8%, one in five Americans consider it the country’s biggest problem – spelling trouble for the...

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Three ways companies change their products to hide inflation

by Adrian Palmer | Oct 3, 2022

Consumer price inflation in the UK slowed for the first time in nearly a year in August. A fall in petrol prices helped slow the overall rate but food prices continue to rise...