As Mark Carney prepares to make way for new governor Andrew Bailey, he’s voiced the suggestion that UK interest rates could be cut if the economy wobbles in early 2020. His view may be in anticipation, as some have concluded, of an economic shock resulting from the UK’s exit from the UK on 31st January. …
What trends will dominate the next decade?
As a wise sage once said: forecasting is very difficult, especially about the future. But maybe we can discern some trends that will at least help to determine the direction of the decade ahead, whilst acknowledging how little we can ever truly predict. Few people back in 2010, for instance, would have thought that in …
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Football: it’s more than just a game!
An astonishing thing happened a few weeks ago. English clubs made up all four finalists in Europe’s top two cup finals. That’s a feat that’s never been done before. Three finalists from the same country is the best that has been managed: starting with Germany in 1980, then Italy in 1990 and 1995, and Spain …