It is good news all round, but it is buried in a smokescreen of political confusion. The bad news is the hangover from the economic disruption still being caused by Covid.
October 2021
Hardly a black swan event, HGV driver shortages were causing problems even before Brexit and the subsequent restrictions on Europeans working in the UK. Wages in the industry had been drifting downward for some time, which has contributed to the disparity between lower and higher wage rates in the economy.
September 2021
There have been dramatic happenings since July. The US and Europe have further distanced themselves from China and the ASEAN political stage. The US’s abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan is really quite extraordinary, but not entirely exceptional.
Chart of the Week
This year has seen rising fuel prices across all of Europe, however, countries have not been united in their approach to dealing with it.
Professor Peter Davison Obituary
It is with great sadness that we have to announce Professor Peter Davison passed away in the early hours of 16 August. Peter was a great supporter of the ERC and was the Executive Secretary of the ERC for a dozen years from 1992. Peter was born in Newcastle in 1926, the son of a […]
Chart of the Week
Fine particles and pollutants in the air resulting from human activity negatively impact our wellbeing, the NHS, and inadvertently the economy.