Day: 6 November 2015

QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with a fresh approach to financial issues by the new leadership of the Labour party. Dynamic Quantitative Easing remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports […]

Economic growth is slowing. Inflation is historically low. House prices are rising at an unsustainable rate of 9.6%. Unsecured consumer debt is rising. Manufacturing is falling. Interest rates are to remain at tantamount to zero. Sterling is rising. The Bank Of England got its forecast, now given the smoochy term of ‘forward guidance’, wrong again. None of […]