economics – Page 7 – Denseman on the Rattis

Formerly known as the Widmann Blog

The Bank of England are lousy forecasters

Bank Of England Originally uploaded by John Godwin Guildford I was, needless to say, not terribly surprised by yesterday’s jump

The Nightmare Factory Originally uploaded by Sugeo More than a year ago I blogged why I wasn’t convinced that a

McKinseyQuarterly has published a scary article (free registration required) that shows how the UK’s debt (private and public sector) has

gordon brown sauce Originally uploaded by Rakka The news that the UK is only just out of recession (provided that

UK inflation Originally uploaded by viralbus The newspapers are reporting that inflation surged in December. They say that “The Office

11am Boxing Day Sale Originally uploaded by I See Modern Britain The newspapers are happily reporting that the Boxing Day

Presidential Election 2008 Voting Originally uploaded by Christopher S. Penn In the UK, opinion polls tend to report percentages (such

I’ve been saying for ages that deflation isn’t an issue in the UK, and now that inflation is rising again,

EU border control… Originally uploaded by rockcohen Eurosceptics often claim that Norway and Switzerland provide a model for what the

I know the recession is not developing the same way everywhere, but I still thought this scary graph requires more