The FT has two articles today that suggest that the penny is dropping at there that cash flow is king, and that the pile of
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Sunak fails again
I remember budget day last 11 March. I listened to Sunak in the Radio 2 studio and went on air to tell Jeremy Vine that
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The paralysis of political decision making has to be addressed or the climate crisis will overwhelm us
One of the things that should be obvious about the Covid 19 crisis has been how relatively easy it has been to get data, and
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Why the banks are winning from coronavirus
Government-backed small business loans may have kept many small businesses going in the last year, but they’ve also been great news for the UK’s banks, who
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How did we get to this nadir?
So, we have lockdown again. I will ignore the staggering incompetence for now of saying schools must stay open on Sunday and insisting they shut
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2021 – The political forecast
Knowing that political forecasts are even more of a mug’s game than economic forecasts, and having already done the latter, let me risk reputation and
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A forecast for 2021
The FT has this morning published its annual forecasts based on a survey of 90 economists. I thought I would offer my view on key
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There is hope for 2021, but there’s also a big IF
2021 is not looking g good, but eventually we might beat coronavirus. The bigger problems are the issues it may leave behind and if we
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2021 requires political vision that seems to be absent in Westminster
It is now apparent that 2021 is going to be much harder in the UK than anyone might have expected, even a few weeks ago.
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