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Three ways companies change their products to hide inflation

by Adrian Palmer | Oct 3, 2022

Consumer price inflation in the UK slowed for the first time in nearly a year in August. A fall in petrol prices helped slow the overall rate but food prices continue to rise...

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On-site versus online retail

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 26, 2022

Battle lines redrawn for our consumer good. By the time coronavirus so abruptly and harmfully struck, those businesses plying their consumer goods trade from premises on high...

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This time next year

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 22, 2022

As of September 6th, the UK has a new prime minister, in Liz Truss, and a new chancellor in Kwasi Kwarteng. To say they face immense challenges is no exaggeration. Then again,...

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Truss is right to tear up the Treasury rule book

by Patrick Minford | Sep 19, 2022

The change of Government has rightly produced a change of policy. We are now expecting a mini-Budget next week that will reverse the Treasury’s long-standing insistence on...

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How Putin has impacted the next UK election

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 15, 2022

Now, whatever one may believe concerning his past attempts to 'subvert parliamentary elections', it can be assured that Putin has affected how the UK next go to the polls. For,...

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CPI – a compromised pricing indicator

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 5, 2022

Seldom does another topic supplant the weather as the most common conversation topic amongst Brits. And yet, for six months now, temperature has been eclipsed by heated talk of...

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The only UK economic constant isn’t so much change, as constant political flux

by Savvas Savouri | Aug 31, 2022

Back in April, we released The UK Economy over Time (‘23 – ‘30) & from Place to Place, which made the case that in the years to 2030, Central and Northern England (CaNE)...

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No, this is not 1970s-style stagflation

by James L Caton | Aug 25, 2022

Disappointing GDP growth and high inflation have many commentators talking about stagflation. Advanced estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis suggest real GDP fell for a...

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For FX sake, don’t be deceived by the dollar’s ‘head-fake’

by Savvas Savouri | Aug 18, 2022

Keen sport watchers will have witnessed the use of ‘head-fakes’ to deceive an unsuspecting opponent. Indeed, the phrase is used generally to describe not only using a fake move...