The International Monetary Fund’s Public Financial Management Blog recorded this yesterday: During 2022, we published 78 articles, of which 56 percent were authored by non-IMF
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First they laugh at you: then they’re blown away
Once upon a time, those who promoted renewable energy were laughed at. The FT has reported that: Now they’re blown away. And this can only
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Austerity is hitting hard – and it will get worse
Across a whole range of news stories, the impact of the government’s chosen economic path has been confirmed this morning. This policy will, as I
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Jeff Beck RIP
Why Sunak will hit his inflation target
I recorded this video interview last Friday. In it I discuss why Sunak will hit his inflation target, which is not very ambitious at all.
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Ministers have created a conspiracy of silence, matched by a veil of ignorance and a deep denial of the truth when talking about public sector pay deals
Jeremy Hunt, in his role as Chancellor, has apparently said that no additional pay offer to nurses may be made this year. He has also
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The state we’re in
I gave a talk to a combined meeting of Oxford for Europe and Cambridge for Europe last night entitled ‘The State We’re In’. These were
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A sane government would stop the out-of-control autocrats at the Bank of England. Ours just applauds them
The Guardian has reported a speech by Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill, given in New York yesterday. In the speech, Pill said that
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The Republicans are seeking to defund the US tax authority. How long will it be before the Tories copy them?
The Republicans in the US House of Representatives took a long time to agree on a Speaker last week. But having done so, they got
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