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An Inflationary Depression

04/10/2019(0)
  Financial markets are ignoring bearish developments in international trade, which coincide with the end of a long expansionary phase for credit. Both empirical evidence from the one occasion ... Read More
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The most common way of transporting traded goods to and from Europe

26/09/2019(0)
In 2018, the total value of the EU’s imported and exported goods transported by sea to non-EU countries was EUR 2 006 billion. Sea transport accounted for 47% of ... Read More
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Oil markets are one outage away from crisis

23/09/2019(0)
The supply disruptions in the oil market may not be over, despite volatility and prices easing in the days after the Abqaiq attack. The repairs at the Abqaiq processing ... Read More
Global-Recession

Measuring Recession

20/09/2019(0)
  Using nominal GDP, or GDP deflated by the CPI, as the principal guide to the state of the economy is a common mistake which will eventually prove very ... Read More
USA-China

China or US?

09/09/2019(0)
  China has made some silly errors in its conflict with the US, reflecting the arrogance that often afflicts every state actor. But the appearance that China is being ... Read More
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How dependent is your country on oil imports?

03/09/2019(0)
In 2017 the European Union (EU) relied on net imports for 87% of its oil consumption. This ratio, known as the oil import dependency rate, is unchanged from 2016 ... Read More
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Negative interest rates and gold

30/08/2019(0)
  The reason for persistent strength in the price of gold can be found in the changing relationship between time preference for monetary gold, and a new round of ... Read More
Economy

Our costly dalliance with Lord Keynes

28/08/2019(0)
  In “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, Keynes virtually created macroeconomics. But Keynes was a mathematician, not an economist, and did not fully understand free markets, ... Read More
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Inflationary financing and GDP

16/08/2019(0)
  This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP does not represent economic ... Read More
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Casting off the EU millstone

07/08/2019(0)
  In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, ... Read More
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