Who sets our interest rates – the Bank of England or the US Federal Reserve?
The UK is raising rates in line with America, but our economy seems headed in a different direction.
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Is it just coincidence that a gloomy IMF forecast arrives on the anniversary of Brexit?
We are living with uncertainty, regulatory chaos, and a “Brexit state of mind” – once invoked as a reason to…
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Cheap energy bills aren’t coming back this decade
Forecasts suggest volatile prices and the UK’s poor gas storage infrastructure mean costs will remain high until after 2030.
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Why is the Bank of England raising interest rates when inflation has peaked?
The Bank has to account for the long-term effects not only of its own decisions, but also of government policy.
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We have not “run out of money” to pay strikers
The government’s dodging the crux of the matter: the public sector is expected to provide more for less.
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Why Brexit has been far less damaging than Mark Carney suggests
The former Bank of England governor’s claim that the UK economy is now less than 70 per cent the size…
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The recession will have been made in Downing Street
Liz Truss’s disastrous premiership has added a “moron risk premium” to government borrowing – even after she resigned.
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