Blog and updates
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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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3 Aug 2022
Himalayan villages face water crisis as glacial streams shrink
This clip could prompt a variety of discussions when introducing students to Economics.
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3 Aug 2022
Are Indirect Taxes Regressive?
The broad answer in the UK is yes according to new data published for 2021.
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2 Aug 2022
The Size of UK Government Debt
The size of the national debt is one of the important macroeconomic numbers studied by economists.
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2 Aug 2022
One in Five UK Night Clubs have closed since 2020
One in five nightclubs across Scotland, England & Wales have closed since the first lockdown in March 2020.
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1 Aug 2022
Countries with the highest inflation
Which countries in the world have the highest rates of inflation?
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29 Jul 2022
Heathrow posts operating loss of nearly £1 million a day
Britain’s biggest airport is losing nearly £1 million a day according to newly-released figures.
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29 Jul 2022
Burgernomics - McDonald's raises cheeseburger prices by 20%
McDonald's is raising the price of their cheeseburgers for the first time in 14 years.
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28 Jul 2022
Centrica announces 500% increase in profit & £59m dividend
Here's the cost of living crisis in a nutshell - rising prices are driven by supply-side factors, but also by the extent to which some companies are making profits.
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