Eomics

Economics without the con

Monday, 9 December 2019

The election by numbers

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After six weeks of campaigning the majority of British voters just want to put this election behind them , such has been the cynical natur...
Friday, 6 December 2019

Macronomics

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In a recent fascinating interview with The Economist , French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his long-held view that the EU has to a...
Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Uninspired choices

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It remains difficult to get excited by the impending election in the UK which seems to be more of a low-key event than in 2017. One reason...
Friday, 29 November 2019

Second guessing the pollsters

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With polling day less than two weeks away, this curiously flat election that nobody really wants has yet to take off. The opinion polls , ...
Monday, 25 November 2019

An ultra-Conservative manifesto

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The economics of the manifesto Last week’s presentation of Labour’s election campaign promises was fizzing with ideas and as Phili...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Labouring under an illusion

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The release of the Labour Party’s election manifesto today was a big deal. It has been described across much of the mainstream media as rep...
Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Debt or equity?

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One of the reasons offered by market strategists for continuing to buy equities is that the dividend yield on stocks is considerably hi...
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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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