Liberation day arrived for the US economy on the 2nd of April 2025 proclaimed US President Trump from his Rose Garden address at the White House. When his administration applied reciprocal tariffs on multiple trading partners. Tariffs were always a key policy tool for his second term. However, commentors questioned what benefits would arise from […]
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Since the January 2022 blog, a rather lot economically and geo-politically has occurred, namely war in Ukraine which has given cause or excuse to global inflationary concerns with rising food and commodity prices. Fuel bills soared in 2022 with prices caps being introduced the alleviate consumer concerns. Prices for gas have since fallen although UK
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When government calls for social restraint or implements COVID restrictions in order as claimed to slow the spread of the latest variant and reduce demands on the health service. The result are curbs on people’s liberty and a reduction in economic activity. Whether these are justified or effective are the subject of political debate and
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The photographs and news reports of people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020, enjoying their new year celebrations while reports of curtailed events in the UK, especially in Edinburgh with its deserted Princes St. instead of the famous annual street party celebrated by tens of thousands, has
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And now the difficult part starts- easing lockdown and restarting economies. After 2 months most countries in Europe, Asia and North America are trying to return to normality or at least a socially distanced one. Other places like Brazil remain in a life and death struggle with this vicious strain of Coronavirus. Read more Notwithstanding
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World events are keeping investors, commentators and world markets fully engaged after armed drone strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and the Khurais oilfield. The strikes caused massive fires and production outages causing oil prices to spike up to 20% in the immediate aftermath of the attacks before settling circa. $65 per
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From 2016 the UK began generating more electricity from wind turbines than from burning coal. In April 2019 the UK,” set a new record for coal free-power” of 90 hours of using only gas, nuclear and renewable sources of energy including hydro and imports of electricity (FT,2019).
A feature of C.21st international development has been Chinese financed or built infrastructure around the world. These are in countries considered by China as strategic trading partners for its exports or to secure its raw materials such as iron ore or oil supplies.
Before the UK’s referendum on leaving the EU in June 2016 plenty of world politicians advised the British to remain most prominently was the current US President Barack Obama warning the UK would be, “at the back of the queue,” in any future trade negotiations with the US if it choose to leave.
There may have been a brief stock market rally late in 2015 and any expressed wishes for its continuance have been dashed as 2016 so far has been a tough one for many people and not just investors. Here in the UK floods have battered the country especially in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Scotland.
