If anyone is interested this is an open event I am doing next week. Click the Register button at the bottom if you want to
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Rishi Sunak got so much wrong yesterday. He is taking away the extra support those on Universal Credit have enjoyed this kast year. The NHS
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Forgive me if I appear absorbed by my concern with government debt when commenting on yesterday’s Spending Review, but given that debt management is the
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The Conservative’s obsession with debt repayment was on display in the House of Commons yesterday. As I noted when live-tweeting on comments made by MPs
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Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review is one of those budgets (which this was, in all but name) that was always destined to go wrong. After all,
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For me the most important chart in any economic forecast is that on the sectoral balances. This says who is going to save, and who
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This is why no one gets economic data. This is just published by the Office for Budget Responsibility: Give us the numbers – not percentages.
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The world is obsessed by quantitative easing and borrowing. But it is a simple accounting fact that for every borrower their must be a saver.
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The Financial Times has reported this morning that: British people “lack a basic understanding” of economic statistics such as unemployment or the government’s deficit, and
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