Tag Archives: bank of england

Inflation and the British economy

There is an excellent article in today’s FT by Chris Giles.  Unfortunately this is behind the FT paywall so I don’t think clicking through will help most of my readers. Mr Giles considers what has gone wrong with the British … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Who is to blame for the UK’s economic mess?

As time passes it is clear that the UK’s economic crisis is amongst the worst of the major developed economies, though Japan may beat it on some measures.  It’s not in the league of some smaller economies, like Ireland or … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Time to rethink the Bank of England

Central banks can’t manage inflation or unemployment. We should stop pretending that they can. Continue reading

Share
Posted in Economics & Finance | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment