My first prediction is that I am confident that only some of the projections people make will fully capture what happens this year. One of the lessons of the last few years is that more disruptive events are occurring more frequently than before, causing more uncertainty. Some things will continue this year: technological change will continue …
Brexit – where are we now?
One month on from the end of the Brexit transition period and the dust may have settled on the 11th-hour agreement reached between the EU and UK, but many businesses and individuals are still coming to terms with the reality of what it means for them. Although the agreement was lauded as a success, what …
Why price inflation will remain low even with record debt
UK government debt is running at £400 billion a year or 20% of GDP. Money supply growth is rising by nearly 14% per annum and the ratio of outstanding debt GDP – 85% of the economy just last year – is set to be around 108% of GDP in the 2020/2021 financial year. Surely that’s …
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