Labour’s pension raid will damage Britain’s economy
Sir Keir Starmer is not used to playing by the same pension rules as everyone else. As this newspaper first...
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Virgin Money tells us a story about the UK economy
Virgin Money (VMUK) struck a somewhat sombre tone when it released its full-year figures in November. The nominally favourable backdrop provided by rising interest rates had been clouded by persistent inflation and squeezed lending margins. The digital bank did placate shareholders with a £150mn share buyback, but it also prudently set aside another £309mn in expectation of a sizeable increase in loan defaults. Unduly pessimistic, perhaps, but we shall see.The provision added ballast to the view that 14 successive rate hikes by the Bank of England (BoE) were finally dampening...
The Bank of England is dragging Britain to the brink of a catastrophic debt crisis
The relationship between raising interest rates and cutting inflation is a relatively simple one. Raising interest rates diminishes consumer demand...
An honest opinion on investing in Japan
Self-deprecating fund managers are few and far between, but I discovered one last week – James Salter of Zennor Asset...
Debt annihilation is approaching – and neither party is minded to stop it
We’ll match or even better the Tories on fiscal discipline, Labour’s high command repeatedly pledges, which is easy enough to...
Big State Toryism leaves no room for tax cuts
Governments like to act as if high spending is something they’ve inherited, something that’s happened to them, rather than a...
The Bank’s blunders will send Britain into deflation
In my view, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, and the Fed have failed to keep up with...
No, Brexit was not a terrible mistake
Compared to some of the really big issues confronting the economy, Brexit is a sideshow. So why bother to leave...
There is only one cure for Britain’s sickly stock market
If you’ve got an exciting IPO to market, don’t bother calling on Britain’s largest depository of savings. If it’s not...
Our neighbors ask us for money. My husband gave them $400. Is it bad to say no?
This man and his wife have fallen on hard times, but in reality they have been in this predicament for...
