Carney’s recent musing on UK jobs and housing bubbles
Bank of England governor-elect Mark Carney’s recent comments suggest an acceptance of higher inflation. So what are his plans for the UK economy?
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As Labour announces plans to guarantee jobs for the long-term unemployed, Channel 4 News assesses whether government schemes – from the new deal to the work programme – actually work.
Iain Duncan Smith says we’re spending too much on the benefits bill, which have gone up faster than private sector wages. Is he right? FactCheck takes a look.
The US president says that a deal on the “fiscal cliff” is within sight but it was not complete yet, in a bid to prevent America veering towards extensive tax rises and a host of spending cuts.
US Congressional leaders are scrambling to clinch a last-minute deal to avoid falling off the fiscal cliff and save America’s economy from crippling tax rises and spending cuts.
David Cameron has used his New Year message to insist Britain’s economy is on the right track, but declined to raise controversial issues such as gay marriage, EU, or even the horse, Raisa.
The clock is ticking: as the US Congress begins a rare Sunday session, the pressure is mounting on both sides to agree a budget deal.
We take a look back at the lowlights of 2012 with damned lies and statistics coming thick and fast from across the political spectrum.
Boxing day shoppers smash sales records with visitors to London’s west end shops up 31.3 per cent over last year by 11am.
The government is pressing ahead with plans to force jobseekers to sign up to its new Universal Jobmatch website that has been exposed as a ‘scammer’s paradise’ by a Channel 4 News investigation.
Bank of England governor-elect Mark Carney’s recent comments suggest an acceptance of higher inflation. So what are his plans for the UK economy?
It is a looming deadline which will trigger sweeping tax hikes for most Americans and deep spending cuts, possibly plunging the country into another recession. We sort out the facts – and the figures.
“Stability is our foundation” said Gordon Brown in 2006 as he gave an autumn statement predicting future years of sustained economic growth – but a lot has changed since then.
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his autumn statement on the economy and spending, we gather some alternative suggestions on to how to tackle the country’s fiscal woes.
Cleaners, caterers and labourers are most affected by underemployment, which has risen by one million people since the start of the recession, according to the ONS.
Although we are only one year into a two-year scheme, today’s Work Programme figures are bad news for the Department for Work and Pensions – and the numbers for ill and disabled people are even worse.