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Revealed: the best and the worst performers during the UK slump

Which parts of the British economy would you suppose have fared best, and worst, during the recession? It’s a subject worth dwelling on ahead of tomorrow’s GDP release. There are a few obvious guesses. We all know, for instance, that finance, the City, has had a torrid time.

Are house prices really too expensive?

The Office for National Statistics’ measure of house price inflation has caused quite a stir this morning. There has been chatter aplenty on Twitter and the Treasury has even issued a statement [https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/390053992689958912/photo/1] responding to the numbers [you can find them here [http:

The poison pill in the Republican debt ceiling proposal

Here’s something to keep in mind over the course of the next few days of to-ing and fro-ing between Congress and the White House: the United States has already hit the debt ceiling. [https://i1.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fredgraph.png?ssl=1] In

Eight must-see charts from the IMF's World Economic Outlook

1. The big story [https://i1.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/weoprojections.jpg?ssl=1] Here are the Fund’s GDP growth projections for all the world’s major economies over the next couple of years. One chart to rule them all. 2. The story of

5% mortgage deposits: part of the national picture?

[https://i2.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/depositFTB.jpg?ssl=1] On the Today Programme yesterday [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24345734] the Prime Minister said that “95 and 90% mortgages have been a part of our national picture for many, many years.” But is

The reality behind George Osborne's new public finances pledge

Here’s a useful way of thinking about George Osborne’s new surplus target. Back in 2010 the Chancellor was committed, through one of his fiscal rules, to reducing Britain’s national debt by 2015. Today, the Chancellor has committed, through a brand new fiscal rule, to reducing Britain’s

Credit card lending hits highest rate in three years

[https://i2.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/credcard.jpg?ssl=1] Annual credit card lending growth has risen to 4.5% – the highest rate since February 2010. Figures from the Bank of England [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Pages/mc/2013/aug/default.aspx].