Category Archives: Economy

Just a few weeks after we wrote Why No One’s Going to Give You Free Money, exploring the concept of ‘helicopter money’ and why it was unlikely to materialise, several countries are looking to implement some kind of regular cash… Continue reading “Helicopter Money: Is this Imaginary Monetary Policy about to Take Off?”

Polls are used to help give a greater understanding of voter sentiment, but in the case of the ‘Brexit’ they are mostly adding to the general confusion. It’s only been a few weeks since the date of the UK’s European… Continue reading “Latest EU Referendum News: Do the Brexit Poll Results Point to a UK Exit?”

You won’t find many people using the term ‘black gold’ without a sense of irony at the moment. The oil market is floundering in the midst of an oversupply crisis, the effects of which are rippling across the world. Many… Continue reading “6 Things You Wouldn’t Believe Now Cost More Than Oil”

What’s happening in China? While China’s outlook hasn’t been particularly upbeat for some time, poor domestic data and shifts in the nation’s stock market over the past 8 months have led to panic among investors and increasing concern that China… Continue reading “China – Should the Current Crisis be Giving us Cause for Concern?”

One of the big problems facing many of the world’s major economies is the fact that inflation remains low. The annual growth in prices, which is fuelled by consumer spending driving up demand, is barely present in the Eurozone and… Continue reading “Why No One’s Going to Give You Free Money”

Economists were spoiled for choice regarding what to be afraid of in 2015. The fallout from the year’s biggest developments continues to define our living standards and the news today, so it’s worth knowing about them. Also, it makes you… Continue reading “Geopolitical Events from 2015 You Can Use to Sound Clever at Dinner Parties”