Eomics

Economics without the con

Sunday, 19 August 2018

Dealing with forecast uncertainty

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A few months back I produced a piece which looked at the economics of the World Cup. The fun part of the analysis was to look at the expecte...
Monday, 13 August 2018

This currency is a turkey

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The top market story of the day has been the collapse in the Turkish lira which went from 5.60 against the dollar on Friday to around 7.00 a...
Saturday, 11 August 2018

Howay the lads: The economics of Newcastle United

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Less than four weeks ago global audiences were gripped by the World Cup, which attracted a global audience of 3.4 billion people who watched...
Monday, 6 August 2018

The reality of real interest rates

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With interest rates having been so low for so long in the industrialised world, policymakers are increasingly waking up to the need to take ...
Tuesday, 31 July 2018

The case for a UK rate hike

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The Bank of England is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 bps this week, taking them above 0.5% for the first time since March 20...
Sunday, 29 July 2018

Self-inflicted wounds

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It has become clear over the last twelve months how woefully unprepared the British government is to negotiate an exit from the EU. As the ...
Thursday, 26 July 2018

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

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Viewed in a global context Brexit is very much a sideshow. However, it is all part of a global backlash against the status quo which is perc...
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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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