The FT has reported this morning that: JPMorgan Chase’s earnings were hit by $1.1bn in new legal charges as the largest US bank prepares to
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Worry, because we’re heading for deflation
Over the last few years I have mentioned, every few months, that one of the real economic risks facing the UK has been deflation. I
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The strange assumption that we’ll just put up with it
We’re in election year, and the lack of excitement is already telling. If neither Labour or the Conservatives up their game the sense of relief
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Why we should print money to fund green investments
This is in the Guardian this afternoon: In a world where the cult of austerity and balanced budgets dominate politics, it would be all too
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Has everything changed in the NHS?
I have spent several hours discussing the NHS this weekend with someone who has known it quite well for more than a quarter of a
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Cameron, debt and misinformation
The Guardian reports this morning that: Britain will be on the “path to ruin” if Labour takes charge of the public finances, David Cameron will
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A new measure of inequality: house prices
As the FT reports this morning: The top 20 [parliamentary] seats by [house price] value, of which 11 are held by Conservative MPs, have property
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So much for freedom of speech
If last week was about anything it was about freedom of speech. I believe in freedom of speech. I admit, I think it is a
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A tax vision for 2015 and beyond – the practicalities
I have already written about the way in which I think the tax debate will develop from 2015 onwards, as the OECD BEPS process is
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