Eomics

Economics without the con

Thursday, 2 June 2022

A platinum performance

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As Britain basks in a long weekend, it is a sobering thought that for those of us of a certain age the Platinum Jubilee marking the Queen’s ...
Saturday, 21 May 2022

The squeeze is on

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The politics … It is hard to recall a time when a government has been so out of touch with the electorate as that led by Boris Johnson. As...
Saturday, 7 May 2022

Not a pretty picture

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This week’s decision by the BoE to raise interest rates another 25 bps to 1% takes Bank Rate to its highest since 2009 and in the process m...
Friday, 29 April 2022

All is vanity

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Depending on your point of view, Twitter is either a moral cesspit or a source of great inspiration. I can see both sides but as a free sour...
Monday, 25 April 2022

Encore M. Macron

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The media focuses on identity politics … Large parts of the western world breathed a sigh of relief that Emmanuel Macron was yesterday r...
Tuesday, 19 April 2022

Boris of the Thousand Days

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Boris Johnson today celebrates 1000 days as Prime Minister . A lot has happened in the 28 months since he won a whopping majority in the 201...
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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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