Wednesday 12th June 2019
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March 2019
We are not in a bad place economically, although politically the world is fractious and unhappy….
UK Supermarkets Market Share
The UK Competition and Markets Authority delivered a major blow to the efforts of Sainsbury Plc to acquire Asda, the WalMart-owned grocery competitor. The deal would have created…
GDP per Hour Worked and Labour Market Reforms
If anything is to be learned from the contrasting experiences of Germany and Greece, it is that there is rarely a policy in economics which is always correct or universally applicable…
Chinese Tourism Levels and Spending v.s. Exchange Rate
UK retailers are paying increasing attention to the needs of Chinese consumers, adjusting both their payment systems as well as product offering to …
UK Gross Fixed Capital Formation v.s. Current Account Deficit
The longer Brexit negotiations continue to stall, the longer any votes are delayed and the status-quo persists, the more economic actors will simply revert to their old behaviours…