There is a risk that following the shock of the pandemic and poor economic recovery, deep seated pessimism may set in for the young, who already feel that their lives will be less prosperous than their parents’.
Holding of US Debt vs Export Sales of Selected Nations
Summary The graph shows the amount of US debt held compared to US export sales by country. It shows that Japan is currently the largest holder of US debt at $1122.9 billion and China the second largest holder at $1112.5 billion. The UK is the third highest for both US debt held ($341.1 billion) and […]
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…
Chart of the Week: Italian and Greek Non-Performing Loans vs Public Debt
The chart demonstrates that, although Italy and Greece share a similar narrative in terms of poor loan performance across business, personal and residential loans; they have experienced widely differing outcomes. This reflects….
Chart of the Week: Historical Chinese Residential Property Market Trends
It would be unremarkable were house prices increasing as a function of total home purchases,
however, this graph shows that the key driver of HPI rises is not the fundamental demand for
housing. Rather it is in response to…
Chart of the Week: UK Government & Household Debt vs. GDP
Over the past 40 years, government debt as a proportion of GDP has predominantly remained in the 30%-50% range. This trend ended with the financial crisis, after which government policy has been centered on reducing the debt to GDP ratio…