UK house prices down 16 percent from their peak 8 Dec 2011 | 05:56 pm

For the last two years, UK house prices have bounced around.  One month, they are up; the next they are down.  November was a down month, but who knows, January could record an increase. Overall, hou...

Why the ECB refuses to be a Lender of Last Resort 1 Dec 2011 | 04:22 pm

Paul De Grauwe The euro has a matter of weeks to save itself, with several institutions now preparing for its collapse. Given this, why does the ECB still refuse to bail out Europe’s heavily indebted...

OECD forecast for next year 29 Nov 2011 | 05:11 pm

The UK is number one..... 28 Nov 2011 | 02:11 pm

Powered by Tableau The UK has the highest inflation rate of any major advanced economy.

Should the Bank of England mail everyone a fifty quid bank note? 18 Nov 2011 | 06:06 pm

The UK economy is barely growing. To stimulate demand, should the Bank of England mail out a voucher worth fifty quid to every citizen of this fair land and tell them to go out and spend it on beer, f...

Lets make some money 8 Nov 2011 | 02:40 am

Jim Lacey - professor of strategic studies at the US Marine Corps War College - was recently walking through the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York. He noticed an interesting development in monetary ...

The UK Inflation-Unemployment trade-off 21 Oct 2011 | 07:03 am

UK Inflation-unemployment trade off 21 Oct 2011 | 06:57 am

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US government debt in numbers 17 Oct 2011 | 02:07 pm

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Ten bizarre things that happened yesterday 14 Oct 2011 | 02:30 pm

Is it just me? News stories have a strange surreal quality.Here are just a few of the weird and wonderful things that happened yesterday: Standard and Poors downgraded Spain. Fitch downgraded UBS. ...