Hunt is about to plunge Britain into a house price catastrophe
But then, these are the kinds of ineffective (and often damaging) policies that get dreamed up when a political party...
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The Bank of England risks pushing Britain into an economic death trap
TS Lombard’s Mr Perkins says the Bank of England is haunted by false fears of a 1970s wage-price spiral, misreading...
Opinion: The U.S. economy needs older workers. Congress can help.
More and more Americans previously relegated to the margins of the economy are successfully finding work. But for one group...
Have EU funds been put to good use?
An employee sits next to crates of peaches at the central vegetable market in Athens. Thanks to programs for enticing...
It’s taken just five years for Ursula Von Der Leyen to destroy Europe’s economy
She steered the continent through the pandemic. She has massively increased the powers of the European Commission. And she has...
The investment trusts hunting for UK mid-caps
If you are feeling optimistic about UK companies now that interest rates appear to have peaked, the FTSE 250 is a natural place to hunt for opportunities. It is trading on a cheap price/earnings (PE) ratio of 10.8 times forecast earnings for the next year, pretty much the same as the FTSE 100.In good times, mid-caps can be an attractive sweet spot, less volatile than small-caps, with more potential for growth than large-caps. They rallied hard at the end of 2023, but still have a lot of underperformance to make up for,...
Leaving China, long-time EU trade group chief says investors remain keen, but with more reservations
“It has been the most amazing journey,” the German executive spoke of his four decades in China, witnessing the country’s...
This British industry is in rude health – let’s hope the NHS doesn’t crush it
And yet, what it really shows is that there are still lots of conditions that can be treated with novel...
Immigration, not the economy, is key to Tory election success
The UK Purchasing Managers’ Index, based on surveys of business owners, hit 52.9 in January – with readings above 50...
Labour is plotting a devastating economic blow – and its pensions raid is just the start
For a party that is 20 points ahead in the polls. Labour attracts extraordinarily little scrutiny. The general opinion is...
