Ed Conway

For those without the time or inclination to sift through all 650 pages of the Scottish White Paper [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0043/00439021.pdf], here are some of the key points on the economics of an independent Scotland. The big picture At present, Scotland has only limited

I’ve just (belatedly) come across the excellent Hypostat report [http://www.hypo.org/content/default.asp?PageID=524] from the European Mortgage Federation and thought a few of its tables were worth sharing – as comparables on housing markets and mortgages aren’t as commonplace as one might have thought.

My column in today’s Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/thunderer/article3930749.ece] poses a question: might those who live in London face a far rockier economic time of things during the recovery than in the recession itself? It would be a significant reversal on the regional

Good news, like bad, seems often to come in threes, and today was no exception. Not only have we learnt (from the CBI) that the industrial sector is expanding at the fastest rate since 1995 [http://www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2013/11/growth-in-manufacturing-output-strongest-since-1995-cbi-survey/] and (from the DCLG) that

What with all the fuss in the US surrounding the introduction of parts of Obamacare – the President’s new government-supported healthcare plan – it’s worth reflecting on a couple of salient facts. First, for all the worry and concern about the measure creating a new National Health Service in the

Rather useful chart from the OECD Economic Outlook [http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/economicoutlook.htm]today comparing price levels (and measures of overvaulation) in property markets around the developed world (click on it to see a bigger version). [https://i0.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/