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IFS forecasts: mummified economy?
Surrounded by death masks and shrouds, the IFS is giving its economic forecasts on the bowels of the British Museum. They are marginally but significantly gloomier than the OBR. blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Surrounded by death masks and shrouds, the IFS is giving its economic forecasts on the bowels of the British Museum. They are marginally but significantly gloomier than the OBR. blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Faisal Islam blogs on the economic differences between the UK and Germany, on his way to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
David Cameron insists he won’t change course on the UK economy despite a shock contraction but do we need a “Plan B” to boost growth? Cathy Newman reports as two economists debate for Channel 4 News.
Gary Gibbon blogs on the reaction to today’s “worrying” economic figures and what it means for the Coalition government.
The economic recovery of the UK suffers a blow, with a shock contraction of 0.5 per cent in the last three months of 2010. It means a double-dip recession is on the cards, says Faisal Islam.
As President Hu Jintao of China prepares to visit the United States, Sarah Smith looks at whether the Chinese are helping the US economy or trying to take it over.
When Governments start to fall, perhaps the world will notice the economic background, writes Faisal Islam.
Petrol prices are predicted to reach an average of 136p a litre by Easter. One transport group tells Channel 4 News that rising prices at the pumps risk slowing down the economy at difficult time.
The Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, George Osborne, of “practising a deceit” over the economy. Gary Gibbon investigates.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the wealthier people in society to shoulder their load in the economic downturn in his Christmas Day sermon.
Britain’s economy could be drained of more than £1bn a day as freezing temperatures persist and more snow falls, leaving retailers counting the cost of the disruption.
The Treasury is not disputing Philip Stephens’ report in the Financial Times (FT) that Sir Gus O’Donnell is asking for a “Plan B” or “possible stimulus measures” to be worked up in case the economy stalls.
The budgetary watchdog sees an “uncertain” future for the UK economy – but predicts public sector job losses will be much lower than forecast. Chancellor George Osborne says “Britain is on the mend”.
The fanfare of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is set to create a “bumper couple of years” for the economy alongside the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012, Channel 4 News finds.
With the US apparently heading for political gridlock, the attention of the financial markets turns to an anticipated mega injection of cash by the US Federal Reserve, writes Neil MacDonald.