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8 Oct 2022
Fixing inequality and insecurity in the USA
James K.Galbraith argues in this piece published in the Guardian that the United States economy has for too longer fostered inequality and reduce the poorest in society to a state of near-penury...
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7 Oct 2022
Recession Watch: More UK Companies Going Bust
There is now a 13 year high in UK business insolvencies - taking us back to 2009 and the aftermath of the global financial crisis. This is seen as a leading indicator pointing to slowing growth and...
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7 Oct 2022
Poverty and Inequality - Risks higher for black and minority ethnic people in UK
The distributional implications of poverty can, in part be defined by ethnicity, with newly published research by the Runnymeade Trust suggesting that minority ethnic groups are over-represented...
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7 Oct 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz | 07 October 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. What extraordinary times in which we live!
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6 Oct 2022
Climate Change Economics - IMF says risks to growth are higher with inaction
A classic example of a trade-off - between cutting carbon emissions and economic growth, with the IMF warning that getting to net zero will impact growth, but that the cost of this will be...
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6 Oct 2022
Business Costs and Profits - Greggs Increases Prices of Sausage Rolls
Cost pressures have forced Greggs to raise the price of their iconic sausage roll for the 2nd time in less than a year. It has jumped from £1.00 to £1.05 and now another 10 pence to £1.15 - putting...
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5 Oct 2022
Profit Margins - Are supermarkets taking advantage of drivers?
Petrol prices are often faster to rise when market conditions change than they are to drop when cost pressures are easing. Are the supermarkets using this moment to increase their profit margins on...
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5 Oct 2022
Middle Income Trap - Five reasons why China's economy is in trouble
The latest Communist Party meeting is prompting a lot of navel gazing by Sinophiles who think that the economy is struggling to break free of the middle income trap.
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5 Oct 2022
Price Mechanism in Action - Kenyan farmers turn to avocados as demand soars
Markets in action - marvel as the invisible hand has prompted farmers in Western Kenya have switched from maize to avocado production, in response to rising levels of demand for the fruit - yes,...
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5 Oct 2022
Business Costs and Profits - Economies of Scale at Tesla
In this short we look at examples of economies of scale exploited by Tesla Motors. It is a business almost obsessed with reaping economies of scale and efficiency gains as their production grows.
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4 Oct 2022
Credit Squeeze - Mortgage Rates Rise as Lenders Return
Mortgage interest rates have gone up - with the average two-year fixed rate mortgage close to 6%, as mortgage lenders have significantly increased interest rates.
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3 Oct 2022
UK Economy - Real Incomes Falling - Recession Risk Grows
Real disposable incomes in the UK have now fallen for four successive quarters and as a result, the risk of a consumer-led recession is rising.
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3 Oct 2022
Horizontal Integration - Vodafone and Three in Merger Talks
It seems as though there might be big merger activity afoot, with Vodafone and Three looking like merging - and in doing so, going from the 3rd and 4th largest UK mobile networks to the largest.
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2 Oct 2022
UK Economy - What has been happening to labour migration?
Labour migration is a really important topic because changes in the net flow of people into and out of a country's labour market can have both demand and supply-side effects. Nearly two years since...
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1 Oct 2022
Financial Markets - Which Countries have the Highest Government Bond Yields?
This video short looks at September 2022 data to see which of the major countries has the highest yields on 10-year government bonds.
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1 Oct 2022
UK Economy - Will Household Saving Collapse?
In tough economic times, people often aim to save more when there is uncertainty and confidence is low. But the surging cost of living and rising mortgage bills threatens to cause a significant...
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30 Sept 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz | 30 September 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. The 'fallout' from Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget still dominates!
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30 Sept 2022
Short News Videos on the UK Economic Crisis
Trying to make sense of these turbulent times for the UK economy is a tough job! I've put together a collection of short video analysis that might be useful as bridges for discussion in the...
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29 Sept 2022
Regional Economics - Turmoil engulfs Britishvolt’s £3.8bn battery factory
This story could be ether micro or macroeconomic, but it seems that the future for the much vaunted electric car battery factory, Britishvolt, is not as rosy as the artist's impression associated...
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28 Sept 2022
BoE acts to prevent a pension fund collapse
How close did we come today to witnessing the collapse of numerous pension funds – especially those managing fund providing final salary pension schemes for savers?
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