Following the 2010 election, Labour lost power to a Conservative -Liberal Democrat coalition, which introduced sweeping austerity legislation. Described by the FT at the time as the’ most drastic…in living memory’, the budget cuts amounted to £81 billion over…
August 2018
The market setback for the technology companies seems mostly to have been driven by a relatively small amount of selling into a market that is suffering from a lack of so-called ‘market makers’. These thin and volatile…
Chart of the Week: Week 31, 2018: FDI Rates of Return by Region
Global FDI rate of return (RoR)has dropped from an average of 8.1% in 2012 to 6.7% in 2017, the largest drop…
Chart of the Week: Week 30, 2018: GDP per Capita of Latin America’s 7 Largest Economies
The post-recession trends in GDP per capita of South America’s seven largest economies have varied over the last decade. All economies were affected differently by the 2008 financial crisis but…
Chart of the Week: Week 29, 2018: Historical UK Unemployment & Vacancies vs Migration
Following the recession, unemployment increased to its highest level since 1995 at 8.4% of the workforce in 2011 Q4. It has since recovered, halving to its current rate of 4.2%, (898,700 persons) , its lowest since 1975. Recent trends in job vacancies and unemployment are…
Chart of the Week: Week 28, 2018: Imports of Machinery and Electronics from China to US vs US Employment in the Manufacturing Sector
Imports from China into the USA have increased more than sixfold in the last twenty years, with the US trade deficit with China currently at $336 billion. ‘Made in China 2025’, the Chinese government drive to dominate the global market in 10 sectors…