A big component underpinning the European Union's philosophy is the concept of "solidarity payments". The idea is that the wealthier states transfer money to the poorer states…
A "hypothetical" study has been released claiming that Britain's economy would have been 8% bigger if Brexit hadn't happened. The economist Julian Jessop responded as follows:…
The Dependency Ratio is a ratio between dependents (children and pensioners) and the workers who support them. It's calculated by the following formula: There has been a lot…
... but it still hasn't got back to March 2020 levels, that will need another £200 billion of asset purchases to be reversed. Here is the…
Normally British and American bond yields track each other. For good reason, as they are both service dominated economies with big housing and financial sectors. But yields are…
The Brexit transition ended on 31st December 2020, after which Britain was free to sign trade deals around the world. The trade deal with New Zealand was signed in October 2021…
It comes down to business models. Holiday Inn are part of Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG hotels and Resorts). They're a British multinational listed on both the London Stock…
This was down to a sharp decrease in exports of goods to China. (Services exports were up, but not enough to offset the decline in goods). Here is the table:…
The Pound is now the third most held foreign currency (5.1%), after the dollar (57.74%) and euro (20.06%) according to the IMF. Here is the…
The first post Brexit trade deal the UK made was with Japan. It was signed on 23rd October 2020 and came into effect in 2021. It eliminated many of the tariffs that had applied…