Outlook for global economy w...

July 07, 2012

In a recent speech given in Tokyo, the head of the IMF stated that the outlook for the global economy is worse than expected. Christine Lagarde said that the state of affairs around the world is bleak...

Misleading figures do not sh...

May 25, 2012

This week David Miles, one of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee, addressed the Society of Business Economists stating that this recession is the worst of any within the past century. He con...

Eurozone continues to have n...

May 16, 2012

In the words of the BoE governor, Sir Mervyn King, the EU is quite literally “tearing itself apart” and this is having a huge impact on the economy of the UK. Inflation will stay higher longer and...

Greece and France again at t...

May 08, 2012

Market news is not good as investors are spooked over recent events in Greece and France. Both countries have been at the heart of the ever-present debt crisis in the EU, but recent events have plunge...