Category: Public borrowing

UK Energy Prices: Are We Dodging the Bullet?

The UK has been hit with an unexpected bill for energy of the order of £100bn. This is a one-off,

Because inflation is affected by delays in the economic system, it is cumulative and persistent. To minimise the depth of

I’m not a huge admirer of Margaret Thatcher, and still less of her Chancellor, Nigel Lawson. But, back in the

My first thought this morning was to write about the so-called UK drought again. Maybe I’ll post something on that

You know there’s serious trouble when the Economist runs a two-page editorial, in this case proposing “how to save the

I see John Redwood was up bright and early this morning, blogging away. At 6:34am he posted that: “…the [cuts]

Apparently the monetary authorities in both the US and the UK are thinking about a second round of quantitative easing

I’ve been trying to avoid commenting on the General Election campaign, since it would be a huge distraction from far