Quantitative easing is a process where a Central Bank creates money electronically. It uses this new money to purchase assets and bonds (mostly government bonds) from commercial banks and financial institutions. For more see: Quantitative easing explained Quantitative Easing has helped many holders of government bonds who have benefited from selling bonds to the Central …
In the lead up to the Euro debt crisis, there was a marked divergence in competitiveness within the Eurozone. In fact, some economists suggested that the currency imbalances were the root cause of the Eurozone fiscal crisis. (VOX article) However, recent evidence suggests some restoration of competitiveness within the Eurozone. We can examine competitiveness in …
Readers Question: Can you tell what Portugal has done to reduce the Current Account GDP deficit so steeply? The reduction in the Portuguese deficit is quite striking. In researching the answer to this question, I came up with a different post – The Portuguese Economic crisis From what I can gather, essentially, the rapid reduction …
Introduction – Recent UK economic performance The UK economy is currently growing at an annual rate of 1.6%, it has low inflation close to the governments target of 2.%. Unemployment has risen in the last 8 months but it is still low at 1.4 million (ILO Survey) compared to the last recession of 1992. The …
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As a teacher I mark 1000s of exam papers every year, generally this is pretty boring but it can be enlivened by spelling errors and other daft ideas. These are actual answers to exams taken by 15 – 16 year olds. The source of many of these was I believe Richard Federer St Paul’s …
A Smart answer to a Maths Exam. ~~~ Oxbridge Interviews When I went for my interview at Oxford University there were many stories about tricky questions from eccentric Oxford dons and the various responses from students. Whether these are actually true or not who knows! – An Oxford Don is reading his newspaper …
"It’s not that I’m fick, but I just don’t get it yeah" (1) It’s hard to believe these exam answers are true, I know standards are slipping but… They do seem very funny though Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. – Presumably also the inspiration of Vivaldi (don’t …