Blog and updates
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29 Jul 2020
Why debt sustainability will be a crucial issue in the years ahead
Debt is a fascinating, and often misunderstood concept. Debt is not bad 'per se', it can foster development and ensure sustainable growth for both current and future generations.
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29 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Decades of development progress are at risk
The World Bank is forecasting that the covid-19 crisis will lead to a reduction in per capita incomes for 90 per cent of countries around the world.
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28 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Tourist-dependent countries hit hard by the global pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how hard some countries have been hit by a collapse in overseas tourist travel.
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27 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: The rapid rise of digital platform businesses
For some platform businesses, the pandemic has accelerated expansion leading to surging users and customers whilst giving revenues and share valuations a sizeable boost.
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25 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Supply shocks and risks of economic scarring
The coronavirus outbreak and the public health measures taken to contain it delivered one of the largest ever shocks to the UK economy leading to a sudden and large inward shift of short run...
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24 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: How high will unemployment rise in 2020?
At the end of 2019, a number of economists were starting to forecast that the UK economy was closing in on reaching full employment. But the pandemic has changed all that very quickly and Britain...
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23 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Are there risks of deflation?
With the world economy in recession - The IMF forecasts global growth at –4.9 percent in 2020-and with many individual countries experiencing much deeper downturns than this (including the UK), how...
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22 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Will the crisis make some markets less contestable?
The coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly have an impact on the market structures of many industries.
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21 Jul 2020
Coronavirus update: Are vaccines public goods?
Too what extent can and should we regard the manufacturing and deployment of a covid-19 vaccine as a public good?
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20 Jul 2020
Marshall’s insights into the benefits of agglomeration still hold true.
Alfred Marshall created the idea of agglomeration economies. Are they at risk in many towns and cities as workers show reluctance to return to offices?
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17 Jul 2020
VAT cut - will firms lower prices for consumers?
The government temporarily cut VAT from 20% to 5% for the UK hospitality industry. But will this indirect tax reduction get passed on to consumers?
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17 Jul 2020
Economics News Quiz - 17 July 2020
Here's the final weekly quiz on UK Economics for this tumultuous academic year. Good luck with the quiz and have a great summer!
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15 Jul 2020
Covid-19: why travel will never be the same
The Economist explores COVID-19's disruptive impact on air travel.
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9 Jul 2020
Should climate change be put at the heart of economic theory? [Year 12 and Year 13 Enrichment Task]
Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England, is passionate about the importance of Climate Change for the global economy. Reports this morning from the World Meteorological Organisation say...
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8 Jul 2020
Sunak's Plan for Jobs
Here are some of the key details of the latest round of measures from the UK government designed to protect jobs.
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7 Jul 2020
How coronavirus is widening the UK gender pay gap
Excellent long read in the Guardian about the impact of the pandemic on the gender pay gap.
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7 Jul 2020
Mauritius becomes Africa's 2nd High Income Country
Mauritius has become the second country after Seychelles in Africa to attain high-income status.
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7 Jul 2020
Hitachi looks to build battery plant in the North East
This could be really important and really positive news for manufacturing in the North East of England.
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7 Jul 2020
How far will electric transport take us?
The FT looks at the future for transport, noting the rise of electric vehicles, as governments look to reduce emissions - with transport responsible for 15% of global emissions.
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