Eomics

Economics without the con

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Reflecting on a turbulent past

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Not only is the last day of the year but it is also the end of a long and troubled decade and as usual at this time of year I want to spe...
Monday, 30 December 2019

Forecasting the UK economy. How did we do in 2019?

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David Smith is one of the UK’s top economic journalists and his pieces for The Times and Sunday Times are always worth a read. Since the 199...
Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Cards and other Christmas traditions

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Whilst you enjoy a well-earned rest in the company of your family and look forward to your Christmas dinner, spare a thought for those...
Monday, 16 December 2019

Not so much a poverty problem but a benefits problem

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The context This is a true story. Some years ago a Polish builder working in the UK suffered an accident at work in which his right hand ...
Saturday, 14 December 2019

Johnson's jamboree

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Wow! That was the election result the pollsters did not see coming. It was seismic for a number of reasons and it is hard to refute the view...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

The moment of untruth

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As I put this post together we are a mere hours away from the UK's third general election in just over 4 years. By the time many of yo...
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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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