Chicken Soup for the Economy?
Yesterday was a quiet day in the Cook household. Leicester Tigers had beaten Gloucester in a solid game of Premiership rugby, a c... Read More >
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Economic conditions seem to be on the slight up and up in New Zealand in light of the data released last week. The Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index rose... Read More >
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After contracting over the first half of this year, the economy looks to be tentatively finding a base. The August National Bank Business Outlook (NBBO) su... Read More >
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Retail sales figures fell 0.2 percent in the June quarter, while sales by volume slipped some 1.5 percent – reaffirming a substantial slump in the retail se... Read More >
Shifts, Stagflation and the Spanish
Sentiment, like tectonic plates or God, moves in mysterious ways. 2 weeks ago there were few commentators who were within d... Read More >
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The CPI index rose a stronger than expected 1.6 percent in the June quarter, taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4 percent. The quarterly increase... Read More >
Fannie and Freddie: Not a far away problem
What a weekend! Sure the test match was a jaffa and the Goodwood Festival of Speed satisfied one’s need for noise, e... Read More >
Can Sterling Find Its Silver Lining?
Gordon Brown celebrated, if that’s the correct word, 1 year in the job on Friday. A worse year does not seem possible wit... Read More >
Markets Continue To Pound On Sterling
Sterling was a volatile little beastie last week as criss-crossing data pulled it all over the place and the markets conti... Read More >
King to get his stationery ready
Last week was once again a poor one for sterling; hammered by the dollar and unable to capitalise on the weakening euro, the p... Read More >