A new economic era is coming

A new economic era is coming

Link to article on FT   As UK inflation rates persist at double digit levels and a prolonged recession looms, former Bank of England Mervyn King’s ‘nice’ era of non-inflationary consistent expansion seems well and truly dead.  The nice era was supported by the...
Travels with the Euro | Chapter 5, The Algarve

Travels with the Euro | Chapter 5, The Algarve

One of the questions I’m most often asked about the euro is whether it will go up or down in value against another currency – normally sterling or the US dollar. That’s an important question for anyone making international asset allocation decisions. Or, for someone...
Travels with the Euro | Chapter 4, Florence

Travels with the Euro | Chapter 4, Florence

Florence is a beautiful city and I was lucky enough to spend time there in May 2017, the first time since my 1978 interrailing trip. The occasion was the European University Institute’s State of the Union gathering. The president and prime minister of Italy;...