A recent OECD report suggested that the UK economy could grow by 3.1% in 2010 (link) If this forecast proved correct, it would be a real boost for many aspects of the UK economy. Firstly, it would lead to improved tax revenues. After suffering from the slump in tax receipts during the financial crisis, the …
Readers Question: Creating a post recession; what steps should the EU take to reform the banking sector? I have looked at this important issue in this essay: – Steps to Avoid Financial Crisis Reforms To The Banking Sector Could Include Regulation of Mortgage Products Unconventional Mortgages like 100% mortgages, self-certification, interest only, mortgages several times …
Readers Question: Does it (financial crisis) have any possible positive effects for the future? It is an opportunity to repair a broken financial system and put in safeguards to prevent future boom and busts. For example, we could have policies which banks automatically hold more deposits during a boom to provide counter cyclical instruments. Better …
In 2009, Alistair Darling introduced a 50% tax rate on bank bonuses of more than £25,000. The bonuses would be paid by the banks rather than employees. I spent a lot of last year, saying how much tax revenues had fallen. The credit crunch and recession caused many traditional sources of revenue to dry up. …
2010 will be a difficult year for the UK economy. After the deepest recession since the 1930s, the outlook is for a sluggish recovery. Though recovery is welcome, it still leaves the problem of spare capacity, high unemployment and record levels of peacetime government borrowing. It will be a difficult tightrope between boosting economic growth …
Readers Question: I trying to find appropriate policies that the Icelandic government could adopt to deal with the country`s substantial current account deficit. Do you know what policies they are using for the moment, and more importantly which policies they should adopt? Related Problems with Iceland Economy Solving UK Current account deficit At the height …
Fear is a powerful emotion which can have significant economic implications. Often real fears are ignored in a wave of over-exuberance. Sometimes, if people had greater fear of getting into debt and falling asset prices e.t.c, the economy would be less prone to bubbles and the consequent mess. Perhaps fear isn’t the right word. – …
Ignoring the relative merits of claiming £20,000 of taxpayers money for help in cleaning an MP’s moat ( or the 48p for a packet of crisps or £10 for your husband to watch a blue movie) does it make sense to pay MPs more? Firstly, How Much do MP’s Earn? The official salary is £64,766. …