Record economic growth, despite Brexit?

A global revenue bargain?

US stock markets went from expensive to even more so following Trump’s victory. But is this justified? Regardless, the UK stock market is a relative bargain by comparison.

Why Rachel Reeves’ taxes don’t matter

By the time you read this, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will have “handed down” her budget. An ironic choice of words given that it’s taxes that are dominating headlines.

Labour’s “trick-or-treat” budget

Both tax rises and spending cuts are likely The stock market is unlikely to care Global developments remain more important Labour will present their “trick-or-treat”…

Lies, damn lies and (economic) statistics, part 2

Economic data must be adjusted for inflation in order to give a real picture of the economy. If inflation is mismeasured, so is everything else. What appears to be economic growth could actually be stagnation. How confident should we be that inflation data are accurate?