Britain’s lifeless housing market is a harbinger of permanent economic stagnation
Even so, the slight recovery in prices can reasonably be taken as evidence of a rather more resilient economy than...
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Next time big data tells you something, scream
There’s a critical element of the Covid Inquiry that you don’t see on TV: the audience. The press gets just...
Markets are right to bet on higher for longer interest rates
This has potentially far-reaching implications for investment and asset allocation, some of which we are already seeing in markets.For instance,...
After the Farage scandal, no wonder banks are regarded as uninvestable
Duncan Smith’s anger is understandable in some regards, but he should be careful what he wishes for; sparking another run...
A rising wave of property defaults threatens hundreds of US banks
Renters are walking away or taking less space as leases come due. Average office rents have already dropped by 20pc....
‘My once-generous pension is now earning a pittance – is this legal?’
Write to Pensions Doctor with your pension problem: [email protected]. Columns are published weeklyDear Becky,I am currently in receipt of the...
Britain’s economy is on a knife-edge as war rocks the Middle East
Drilling further into the ONS data, we learn that producer price inflation, reflecting the costs of the inputs that firms...
Era of easy-money is over – and our governments are ill-prepared
As the world emerges from its zero interest-rate-induced coma, few people have yet processed quite how weird monetary policy became,...
Britain has become boring again – and it’s already reaping the investment rewards
Facing such uncertainty, the best bet for businesses is to enter the commercial equivalent of hibernation until the future becomes...
Panicking central banks risk creating another financial meltdown
Yet the growth of money and credit is now turning negative month on month, with year on year growth down...
