Blog and updates
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19 Aug 2022
A-Level Economics Entries and Grades for 2022
I am delighted to see strong growth in Economics once again. Just under 36,000 students took their A-Level Economics this year.
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17 Aug 2022
UK workers suffer biggest hit to real wages since records began
For the majority of workers in the UK, wages are not keeping pace with prices.
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17 Aug 2022
Moving towards a green shipping revolution
Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara is trialling the first autonomous container ship in a two-year pilot.
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14 Aug 2022
Energy Price Crisis - Many Small Businesses May Not Survive
This article from the Financial Times provides a timely warning of the threats to the commercial viability of thousands of UK small businesses.
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14 Aug 2022
Energy Price Crisis - Is there a case for government subsidy of energy intensive industries?
It's interesting to see the government has drawn up plans to subsidise energy for energy-intensive businesses.
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14 Aug 2022
Energy Price Crisis - What Future for Nuclear Power in the UK?
What is the role for nuclear energy in moving electricity generation closer towards net zero?
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12 Aug 2022
Recession Watch: TUC predicts biggest fall in real wages for 100 years
TUC research suggests that we're on the point of experiencing the biggest fall in real wages for a century.
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11 Aug 2022
Energy Price Crisis - Time for a social tariff on energy bills?
A growing number of campaigners are making the case for the Government and OFGEM to agree a new social tariff for low income families.
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10 Aug 2022
New World Bank country classifications by income level are published
Lebanon, an upper-middle-income country for almost 25 years, now moves to the lower-middle income group according to the World Bank's latest classification.
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10 Aug 2022
Web browser market share - a changing structure
This fabulous graphic shows the dynamic nature of the market for web browsers.
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10 Aug 2022
Recession Watch: New Car Sales and Production Slump
New car sales and production are falling in the UK - further evidence of a growing risk of recession.
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10 Aug 2022
Italy says "arrivederci" to Domino's Pizza
Global brands and franchise models don't always make a successful transition to a new country and Domino's decision to shut-down their Italian operations is an example.
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9 Aug 2022
Economics in the Real World | Activity for New or Returning Economics Students
Here's a free news-based activity that teachers can use for new or returning economics students.
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8 Aug 2022
With prices rising, are people turning back to cash?
The cost of living crisis might be causing people to hold higher cash balances as a way of keeping greater control of day-to-day living expenses.
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7 Aug 2022
Will UK trade union membership start to rise again?
The cost-of-living crisis is amplifying the role that trade unions can play in protecting the real wages of their members
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5 Aug 2022
Recession Watch - UK Consumer Confidence Collapses
There has been a sharp fall in consumer confidence which is now lower than it was in the early stages of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007-08.
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4 Aug 2022
Bank of England raises interest rates and now forecasts a recession in 2023
The Bank of England has raised interest rates and at the same time is now forecasting a recession for the UK economy.
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4 Aug 2022
UK energy price cap to be updated every three months
OFGEM has announced that the energy price cap is going to be altered every three months, to better to reflect the latest in changes in costs, rather than bi-annually.
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4 Aug 2022
Currency options for an independent Scotland
The choice of currency regime matters - and this new piece from the Economics Observatory makes for fascinating reading.
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4 Aug 2022
Could UK inflation reach 15% by the start of 2023?
The Resolution Foundation is suggesting that the Bank of England might forecast that inflation is going to be even higher than expected with a peak later than initially forecast.
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