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Inflation falls and yet again the boomers are winning

Inflation is coming down, with the Consumer Price Index at 3.2 per cent, and that’s good. It will come down further this summer, probably to the...

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Germany’s economy is in deep trouble – and the EU is looking on nervously

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11.04.2024 4

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Tesla is in deep, deep trouble

It is hard to feel too sorry for Elon Musk. A few days ago he was ranked as No 2 in the global rich list published by Forbes magazine, just behind...

03.04.2024 5

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Waspi women are a dire warning to the next generation of pensioners

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28.03.2024 20

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I'm an economist – this is why your mortgage rates won't come down any time soon

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21.03.2024 7

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Bitcoin speculation is back – and as risky as ever

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14.03.2024 6

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The British Isa could be the start of something seismic

The British Isa will not of itself move huge amounts more cash into UK equities. The numbers are too small, for the extra £5,000 a year savers can...

06.03.2024 3

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Time for millennials to stop whingeing – they're about to be stinking rich

It is not going to be so tough being a millennial after all. In the latest annual wealth report from the estate agency Knight Frank to be published...

28.02.2024 3

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The state pension burden is hurting young people

Keir Starmer has committed Labour to keeping the triple lock on the state pension. That’s the agreement, introduced by the coalition government in...

21.02.2024 4

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Inflation will drop further by the summer - but not for long

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14.02.2024 2

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America's money men are preparing for Trump

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08.02.2024 10

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Look closely and there are glimpses of economic hope

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31.01.2024 4

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We're not having enough babies. Immigration is the fastest way to make up for it

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24.01.2024 3

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Tech will replace jobs. That’s exactly what we need

Artificial intelligence is the hot subject in Davos this week. The companies that pay for the annual World Economic Forum shindig in the Swiss Alps...

17.01.2024 2

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The Boeing debacle is a lesson in bad management

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10.01.2024 3

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The world economy may not be able to withstand the Red Sea crisis

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03.01.2024 4

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Our Brexit dilemma has been obvious for 25 years

The euro is 25 years old. Although the notes and coins did not come for another three years, the currencies of the 12 European countries that switched...

31.12.2023 5

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Why economists got it so wrong in 2023

This year has been a pretty miserable one for many people for obvious reasons, but it has been a quite humiliating one for the economists. It is not...

27.12.2023 3

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Food prices won't change much in the coming years - but food quality will

Food prices in the UK seem to be easing off at last, with the Office for National Statistics recording that bread and cakes were among the items that...

20.12.2023 3

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The era of ultra-cheap money is over - here's what that means for you

The world is past the peak of interest rates this cycle and the question now is how fast they will come down. The most important of all the central...

13.12.2023 2

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The economic impact of Cleverly's migration plan

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07.12.2023 10

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After the £50m Wilko pension hole, how safe is your workplace pension?

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30.11.2023 2

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The most striking aspect of the Autumn Statement was what wasn't said

Budgets – and this Autumn Statement is in effect half of the Budget next spring – are about three things: the economy, finance and politics. On...

22.11.2023 2

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The drop in inflation sounds like good news. The reality is more complicated

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16.11.2023 9

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Why it will be easier to get on the housing ladder in 2024

It is getting cheaper to borrow. You may not have noticed that yet, and the Bank of England has merely stopped increasing rates, rather than cutting...

08.11.2023 2

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The ticket office U-turn is yet more proof technology isn't always the answer

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01.11.2023 3

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The bankers’ bonus cap was ineffective at best - removing it could be good for the economy

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25.10.2023 2

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Jeremy Hunt can't promise much in his Autumn Statement - but three moves may save him yet

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement next month is pretty much the Government’s last shot at presenting the UK electorate with a reason for voting...

18.10.2023 2

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HS2 was doomed at the design stage. Its failure is a national embarrassment

It is of course deeply embarrassing. The cutting back of the HS2 rail link is embarrassing for the Government, but more than that, for the country. ...

04.10.2023 2

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Scrapping inheritance tax is fine, as long as we tax rich people's properties instead

“Nothing in this world can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Certain surely, and bundle the two...

27.09.2023 2

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Why falling inflation could discourage the Bank of England from hiking interest rates

If inflation keeps coming down, does the Bank of England need to keep pushing interest rates up? That is the key question the Bank’s monetary policy...

20.09.2023 5

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