Rip-off Britain: why everything we buy now costs a fortune
As the cost of living crisis bites, consumers are asking how so many businesses have maintained or raised their profits
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As the cost of living crisis bites, consumers are asking how so many businesses have maintained or raised their profits
Talked about the us export controls, massive export patrols, controls vertically on the semiconductor industry because these chips and technology that will be key to developing technologies, security, equipment and military in the future, so all of these factors will play out over a very long period. at the moment the prospects for the global economy are really about how to get the inflation down and do central banks do too much by raising interest rates too far and damaging the global economy? too far and damaging the global econom ? ,, ., ~ ., ., economy? simon macadam from caital economy? s...
Dimension. let's bring in simon macadam, senior global economist at capital economics here in london. there's only so much political leaders can do to tackle inflation. what, if anything, can be achieved at this meeting? your corresponded in hiroshima talked about the elephant not in the room being china of the g7 summit and that's a very, very important reason why that's the case even from an economic perspective, but the elephant not in the room from an economic perspective this weekend and the more immediate senseis weekend and the more immediate sense is the debt ceiling crisis in the us a...
WASHINGTON — For the economy, 2022 was a throwback year. And not in a good way.
At times, it felt like the 1970s or early '80s. Inflation running rampant. The United States and its European allies engaged in a not-so-Cold War with Russia. A bleak outlook leaving people feeling sour and anxious. It wasn't supposed to turn out like this.