EXCLUSIVE : Liz Truss is back – on freedom, values, growth, low taxes, smaller state, higher incomes, wokery, gender politics, China, Russia, defence… and Macron & Biden. In a pivotal speech in Washington DC, the former PM takes no prisoners. CIBU… read more
The IMF this week released a table of growth rates in GDP for the main economies of the world. It contained three years. The actual figures for 2022 and two forecast years, 2023 and 2024. The forecasts were changed from the previous forecasts for the … read more
During his brief morning stop in Northern Ireland on the way to his three day stay in the Republic of Ireland the President could have held out a hand of friendship to the Unionist community. He could have said on reflection he had been hasty to enc… read more
The IMF thinks all the western advanced economies will slow down a lot this year. Of course they will, because the Federal Reserve Board in the USA, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have shifted from very inflationary policies to very… read more
In an interesting recent IMF blog three senior officials advise Central Banks on how to balance counter inflation policy with the need to avoid problems with banks and non bank financial institutions. They look at how UK pension funds and liability d… read more