The City

Taylor Swift joins the inflation bogeyman party

Inflation takes many forms. Indeed, there are inflation ‘bogeymen’ hiding just about everywhere, ready to spring on us unaware. But are they acting alone, or in concert, directed by their handlers?

Chariots of Fire

The first Olympics that I recall properly are those of 1976, held in Montreal, Canada. This year, they’re also being hosted in a French-speaking city, albeit one a bit closer to home….

How do you deal with a problem like the yen?

Whenever exchange rates and the nature of money itself become a problem, leaders meet somewhere swanky to rewrite the rules of the global monetary system.

Will lower rates prevent a recession?

Interest rates may now be on the way down but is that going to be enough to prevent a recession? To support the stock market? Perhaps not, as we have already observed this past week.

Time to prepare for another monetary revolution

Monetary revolutions do happen. And we are on the cusp of one. But which system will replace the old one? And how will it impact your portfolio?

Prepare for round 2 of your inflationary nightmare

Expensive green energy is not going to unleash another bout of inflation, just as the pandemic’s supply chain crisis wasn’t the true cause of the first.

Will net zero trigger Labour’s Liz Truss moment?

Having harangued Liz Truss out of office for her mini budget, Labour are now walking a fine line themselves. Will the cost of going green be their undoing?

Machiavelli grades Labour

My mother taught me that honesty is the best policy. My father taught me that consistency is key. Machiavelli taught me that might makes right. Well, sort of…

Readers respond: how to balance Britain’s budget

My 1-step plan to balance the budget (every year) burned a hole through the reader mailbox. Here are some highlights…

Pro-business? Or just pro-tax?

Labour laid out its initial plans in the King’s Speech from last week. While the government has been talking about “pro-business” policies, so far they are little more than “pro-tax”.

How to balance every budget, guaranteed

Britain’s national debt is dangerously high. But what does a more frugal political system look like? And how could we achieve it? Here’s one idea…

How they’ll get to President Trump

Do you think officials at the Federal Reserve like the idea of a President Donald Trump? But what could they do to undermine him?

Net zero will trigger Labour’s Liz Truss moment

Just as the pandemic gave the Bank of England political cover to support the bond market in 2020, the climate crisis could allow them to back Labour.

Growing your slice of a shrinking pie now means taking from someone else

The world is taking economic growth for granted. There have been very few periods of sustained decline in living standards. But we may be on the cusp of one for two reasons.

Don’t worry, the pound will save us from Labour’s schemes

The UK economy has a secret weapon. Our currency bobs up and down to keep the ship on an even keel. But investors need to remember how this impacts them.

The first election that doesn’t count

For all the bluster, showmanship and election analysis, this is the first election that didn’t really matter. But not for the reasons the media is pointing out.

Who is President Biden’s astrologer?

In today’s issue: Why was Biden subjected to humiliation and scorn? The White House has a history of mental care Democracy only works on a…

The conspiracy is on this side of the Channel

The greasy pole of politics has a pointy end. And Marine Le Pen, Sir Keir Starmer, Geert Wilders and Donald Trump are about to sit on it.

Your election debrief, with John Butler and Nick Hubble

The election results are in. But what do they mean for you? We asked The Fleet Street Letter editorial team to untangle the flood of information.

The Dominatrix of Threadneedle Street

The UK has a banking “oligarchy” The Bank of England supposedly regulates it But does the “oligarchy” also control the government? If you’d like to…