As expected, the Office for National Statistics has released to data today showing that inflation fell significantly in April. The key data is: The Consumer
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When will we get price controls to limit inflation?
I noticed a report in the FT yesterday that said: That is an astonishing fall. So, I then looked at the Drewry WCI index that
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The only thing likely to grow in the economy any time soon is inequality
The FT has reported that: It would be easy to dismiss this as little more than inflation matching. But then, of course, it has to
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If there is no future for cheap flights why are people investing in airlines that are bound to fail in the future?
As the FT notes this morning: New climate-friendly biofuels will “never achieve the price of jet fuel”, Boeing chief Dave Calhoun has warned, pouring cold
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Money Worries
I have published a new edition of The Account this morning titled ‘Money Worries’. This is available here: This is the transcript (near enough): I
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Labour’s NHS plan suggests it has a great deal more thinking to do as yet – and time is running out
I am aware that I am a bit like a broken record when it come to criticising Labour right now, but it seems to be
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We need changes in the savings market, but not by promoting more investment in shares
The FT features an interview with Rachel Reeves this morning in which the following is noted: I have some sympathy with Rachel Reeves desire to
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AI could be a big boost to the NatCs
Two articles that were well worth reading in the Guardian have had me thinking. The first of them is by Nesrine Malik, and I strongly
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Will we ever see the change in consumer behaviour that climate change demands?
As the Guardian notes this morning: It would seem that just as St Augustine once prayed that he might be celibate, but not just yet,
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