Economics Column
Reducing the debt, keeping the triple-A rating and getting activity on a sustainable growth path is Osborne’s challenge
22 Feb 2012
The chancellor’s biggest issue is the one over which he has least influence - the eurozone debt debacle
26 Jan 2012
Weak growth trends threaten to undermine the objective of putting the public sector back on a sustainable footing
06 Jan 2012
Even the most hardcore sceptics must be keeping their fingers tightly crossed for a change in the euro’s fortunes, writes Dennis Turner
15 Nov 2011
The price of fiscal union is a loss of sovereignty, a price which may have been too high for electorates
27 Oct 2011
Continuing economic malaise reflects the depth of the recession and, while uncertain, a recovery is underway
27 Sep 2011
Economic union may now be necessary to save the single currency.Staying out looks to have been a smart move for the UK, but we can’t afford to indulge in Schadenfreude
23 Aug 2011
UK manufacturing was packed up and shipped to China in the 1980s, yet it remains the basis for economic recovery
06 Jun 2011
Supporters of interest rates rise lose out to common sense
20 May 2011
The 2011 Budget was a statement of intent that still glosses over the structural facts of a post-recession economy
15 Apr 2011
Exports must drive recovery, but the UK has been too weak in breaking and competing with the BRICs
24 Mar 2011
The coneheads may have got their backward-looking forecasting wrong on the Q4 2010 growth number
31 Jan 2011
The rookie chancellor also requires good fortune in order to enjoy policy success in 2011
24 Jan 2011
Assisting failing members of the currency union is a sound self-preservation strategy
20 Dec 2010
It will be politics, not economics, that will determine if cuts made now instead of later were the right move
22 Nov 2010
The government is walking a tightrope as it tries to get public finances back in shape
25 Oct 2010
The MPC is missing inflation targets with impunity. Does the target itself matter anymore?
27 Sep 2010
Linking public sector pensions to CPI rather than RPI is good politics, but can make for very bad economics
24 Aug 2010
Governments with large majorities are no more likely to create stable economic conditions than those without
06 Jul 2010
It’s 1974 all over again – but this coalition government has comparatively more manageable problems
24 May 2010
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