MortgagesMortgage doom catastrophising is the latest British diseaseJune 20, 202365I don’t want to belittle the nature of today’s mortgage rate crisis. Many households are looking at real hardship.The Left-leaning...
EconomyThe economy is the Tories’ only hope – if they can stave off tearing the party apart firstJune 17, 202382Could it be that we are experiencing a different kind of recession this time around, one in which the adjustment...
EconomyLabour’s green arms race is not just bad economics – it’s bad politicsJune 10, 202381Net zero is a legal obligation. The international pressure, moreover, makes repudiation all but impossible. Britain would be a pariah...
EconomyBlaming a Remainer plot for our borrowing woes is paranoid nonsenseMay 27, 202358Still, it has at least cheered some. Diehard supporters of Liz Truss, the last prime minister, have scarcely been able...
MortgagesBritain has been made a whole lot poorer – and there is no way outJanuary 14, 202390This is less of a problem for the US, which has invested heavily in shale over the past decade, than...
BankingThe easy money of the UK property market is a thing of the pastJanuary 7, 202358The damage higher interest rates is inflicting on commercial property prices has in fact been much greater. According to the...
PensionA palpable gloom hangs over the West as Europe heads into a brutal winterOctober 11, 202291In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF comments: “Decades of procrastination have transformed what could have been a smooth...