Eomics

Economics without the con

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Mostly ARMless

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I am not exactly sure what to make of the bid by Japanese company SoftBank for ARM Holdings , one of the few British tech successes of rece...
Sunday, 17 July 2016

When "I don't know" is the right answer

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One of the questions most frequently posed of me as an economist is “what will happen to …” where the object in question is the currency, i...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

All change

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It has been a momentous day, to be sure. No sooner did David Cameron depart the scene than Theresa May became the 54 th person to occupy t...
Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Rules of the game

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Playing by the rules is an important element underpinning the economic system in which we operate. Indeed, it was to avoid a repeat of lawle...
Saturday, 9 July 2016

Time for a policy rethink?

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There are few indications as yet that the UK real economy has taken a hit in the wake of the Brexit vote, but the release yesterday of a sn...
Wednesday, 6 July 2016

The phoney war is almost over

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The publication today of the Chilcot inquiry's report into the UK government's prosecution of the war in Iraq may at first sight hav...
Tuesday, 5 July 2016

That's the way to do it

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Although large chunks of the British institutional framework appear to have collapsed in the wake of the Brexit referendum result, the Bank ...
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Peter Dixon
This blog intends to take some of the con out of economics. As a macroeconomist working in the financial services industry, with many years of experience looking at markets and the economic conjuncture, I realise that economics is (as they say about football) often a game of opinions. These are mine.
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