Readers Question: How Has China’s Economic Industrialisation affected the UK’s Economy? And What Policies Could The UK Government Implement To Rectify The Problems Created From China’s Growth? The rapid growth of China’s economy has had various effects on the UK economy – some positive and some which have created challenges and problems for the UK. …
Readers Question: Europe is in grip of real deflation and low growth period but then why Euro is on a rise In recent months, European inflation has fallen to 0.5%. In several countries within the Eurozone, countries are now experiencing actual deflation. In the past year, the Euro has appreciated against a basket of currencies, …
Readers Question: How reliant is the UK economy on oil? There are two ways of considering this question – the consumption and production of oil. Firstly, how much does the UK need to consume oil to maintain economic activity? Could we survive in a post-oil economy? Secondly, how important is the UK oil industry and …
Readers Question: Why is public money (taxes) only 47% of the UK’s GDP spent on public spending?, where is the rest of my money being spent. This is a genuine question from a 58 year old who has no real concept of how it all works,but has an innate understanding that I am being screwed. …
When I was young (let say the 1980s) a Pound shop was a bit of a novelty. Visiting Morecambe, a seaside resort, there would be one or two Pound shops. I only remember being struck how low quality everything was, they were a bit tacky, mainly some useless novelty items and a stick of Blackpool …
Readers Question: Hello I recently saw a programme How China Fooled the World – with Robert Peston and I was wondering what threats and opportunities does the growth of economies like China and India provide to the UK economy? According to the IMF, in 2010, the Chinese economy was $5,878 billion – second only to …
Here in Oxford, there is water everywhere. Yesterday, the main road into town (Abingdon Road) was closed due to flooding, and the cost to business and householders will be quite significant. There is a danger of even worse flooding to come. In one sense, it is an act of God. No one can do anything …
An interesting question at the moment is to what extent does temporary cost-push factors lead to a permanent rise in underlying inflation? Temporary cost-push factors include rising commodity prices, rising food prices, higher taxes. These goods are often volatile so the increase is often temporary. In the case of taxes, the price increases last for …