Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
In June this year, annual UK consumer price inflation on the central banks preferred measure (CPIH) hit 2.4%, marginally above the 2% target and the highest level since the pandemic started in 2019. It was a rate last seen in August 2018. For some commentators, it was a vindication of the view that the Bank …
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Joe Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, delivered as he approached his 100th day in office, clearly showed that this President aims to be transformational, not transitional. It set out his vision for a US society that allows people to prosper based on their abilities and one where those who do thrive …
It seems churlish to say that this was a Budget packed with detail but no overarching strategic vision or plan. It was, after all, billed as a Budget for a seminal moment in the UK. It was coming at the end of the first global pandemic since 1918, and it was the first one in …
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