The Office for National Statistics has published new inflation data. The Consumer Prices Index for April has fallen, to 0.8%. Factory prices actually deflated by
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Talk of L, U or even W shaped recoveries for the UK economy from the crisis that we are now in all seem wildly optimistic.
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This is the third in my audio series on money. It explains how government spending is funded – and how this always involves the creation
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George Monbiot wrote this yesterdaywrote this yesterday, in The Guardian: We are trapped in a long, dark tunnel, all of whose known exits are blocked.
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This was formally announced this morning: Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize 2020 Nordic Tax Research Council has awarded its 2020 article prize to Professor
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The Bank of England issued a press release this morning saying that new conditions have been attached to their coronavirus crisis funding facility (CCFF). As
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There is something very strange going on in UK political discussion at present. As The Observer noted at the weekend, right-wing think tanks have all
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The FT reported yesterday that one in five UK employers plan to make redundancies in the next three months. The TUC is warning of 6
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As the FT noted yesterday: The pound is the worst-performing major currency this month, as renewed concerns about a no-deal Brexit combine with talk of
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