The good, for some, news is that the rich in the UK are not getting much richer, although the poor...
Inflation

“Will the £22bn black hole suck the UK back into recession?”
At various motivational how-to-be-successful seminars over the years, I’ve heard the line that...
“Consumer Confidence Drops Amid Budget Uncertainty”
Will they/won't they? Hit pension tax relief/tax-free lump sums/annual allowance/lifetime...
“UK inflation falls to lowest level since 2022”
Well, here’s something to put a smile on Rishi and Jeremy’s collective faces: inflation has...
“Is the UK recession over? Latest UK GDP stats show growth uptick in January: investment experts warn against complacency”
We have been or are, depending on your point of view or choice of statistics, in the midst of a...
“UK slips into recession as economy contracts 0.1% in December”
This week’s big economic and bad election news is that we are, or certainly have been, officially...
“Reaction: UK economy returns to growth as GDP rises by 0.3%”
OK, this sounds like good news, doesn’t I? Last month’s figures showed a fall in GDP, and three of...
“UK economy teeters on recession following revised ONS figures”
Some cheery, pre-Christmas news, lost in the myriad of other happy, seasonal stuff. According to...
“Should we still be worried about inflation?”
As rehearsed here many times, inflation, and mainly the US version, is the key to a revival in the...
“King’s Speech: Inflation control key as pensions and IHT take back seat”
The Big Issues for the financial world which might have featured in The Speech weren’t there. Have...
“UK inflation falls more than expected to 7.9% in June”
There are as many versions of inflation in the big world of the economy as there are in our humble...
“Interest rate hike triggers largest wealth decline for UK households since WWII”
You might not have realised it, but ‘over the past four decades, wealth has soared across...
‘Inflation remains unchanged’
As inflation remains unchanged and interest rates head up again, there’s ‘no hope on the horizon...
“Argentina raises interest rate to 97% as it struggles to tackle inflation”
This should put our moans about inflation and interest rates in some context. Putin and...
“Interest rate rises to 4.25% after jump in inflation”
I think most civilised teachers and parents know that corporal punishment doesn’t work and just...