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Global Inflation Heat Maps October/November 2023
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by Peter Warburton | Mar 21, 2024

This article is part of our Premium Content Stream, a new Property Chronicle initiative to bring you additional high quality analysis of multiple asset classes. It is currently available for all to read but shortly we will be introducing a modest monthly subscription to access this and new...

The Professor

China is on course to build the best cars in the world

by Tom Stacey | Sep 13, 2021

Europeans and other Western nations have dominated automotive excellence for over a century. Whether it's the satisfying thud of the door closing on a Volkswagen from Wolfsburg...

The Professor

What can we lose to China by isolating Afghanistan?

by Ethan Yang | Sep 9, 2021

In July, CNN reported that the Chinese hosted a formal Taliban envoy in Tianjin, demonstrating the CCP’s intentions to pursue greater engagement with the region on its western...

The Professor

Consumer borrowing was heavily restricted in the 1940s to curb inflation

by Sean Vanatta | Sep 2, 2021

It’s time we did it again. There has been much talk about a potential inflation surge as countries lift pandemic restrictions and seek to resume normal economic activity. In...

The Professor

Home working biggest threat to gateway office markets

by Dennis Schoenmaker and Hans Vrensen | Aug 31, 2021

Post-Covid work patterns will have a significant effect going forward in Europe. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, the share of office employees working some time or usually from...

The Professor

Economics explains the Taliban’s rapid advances

by Anthony Gill | Aug 26, 2021

In mid-April 2021, President Biden declared an imminent and rapid withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan based upon a timeline handed down from the previous...

The Professor

Is mean reversion still valid?

by Alex Moss | Aug 19, 2021

The Director, Real Estate Research Centre, The Business School (formerly Cass) looks for an answer. The two most common phrases at the moment are: 1) “Can industrial yields...