Morning in America?

US unemployment figures came in better than expected last week at 8.5%. While noting that the figures under-represent actual unemployment, does this improvement mark…

Financial repression

This phrase has suddenly started appearing in economic research, and will probably do so more frequently in the coming months. Its origin is a…

The end of the EU

Last Friday, David Cameron came back from Brussels having rejected proposals to draft a new European Union treaty, having failed to get promises of…