Economy
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The Anatomy and Reasons for UK relative Economic and Political decline over the last decade and a half
[ad_1] Nothing works anymore, the country is in a mess, worker’s living standards have remained stagnant, public services are at breaking point. Such statements are now commonplace, and are increasingly brought together in articles like this one by Sam Knight in the New Yorker. But is all this the result of 14 years of bad government, or can the…
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Market Talk – April 8, 2024
[ad_1] ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 354.96 points or 0.91% to 39,347.04 Shanghai decreased 22.24 points or -0.72% to 3,047.05 Hang Seng increased 8.93 points or 0.05% to 16,732.85 ASX 200 increased 15.80 points or 0.20% to 7,789.10 Kospi increased 3.44 points or 0.13% to 2,717.65 SENSEX increased 494.28 points…
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PRIVATE BLOG – Here Comes The 1st Week Of April
[ad_1] Posted Apr 1, 2024 by Martin Armstrong | Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please visit Ask-Socrates.com. https://ask-socrates.com/ [ad_2] Source link
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Market Talk – March 25, 2024
[ad_1] ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 474.31 points or -1.16% to 40,414.12 Shanghai decreased 21.73 points or -0.71% to 3,026.31 Hang Seng decreased 25.83 points or -0.16% to 16,473.64 ASX 200 increased 41.30 points or 0.53% to 7,811.90 Kospi decreased 10.99 points or -0.40% to 2,737.57 SENSEX closed Nifty50 closed…
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Market Talk – March 18, 2024
[ad_1] ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 1,032.80 points or 2.67% to 39,740.44 Shanghai increased 30.29 points or 0.99% to 3,084.93 Hang Seng increased 16.23 points or 0.10% to 16,737.12 ASX 200 increased 5.50 points or 0.07% to 7,675.80 Kospi increased 19.00 points or 0.71% to 2,685.84 SENSEX increased 104.99 points…
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How 14 years have shown the impossibility of shrinking the UK state
[ad_1] The Budget was predictable, and predictably boring. Hunt cut taxes, but the tax burden is still rising because of the tax increases already programmed in. Furthermore, he was only able to make the tax cuts he did (i.e. reduce the extent of tax increases) because he had previously pencilled in assumptions about public spending that were fantastically low.…
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Market Talk – March 4, 2024
[ad_1] ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 198.41 points or 0.50% to 40,109.23 Shanghai increased 12.29 points or 0.41% to 3,039.31 Hang Seng increased 6.53 points or 0.04% to 16,595.97 ASX 200 decreased 9.80 points or -0.13% to 7,735.80 Kospi increased 31.91 points or 1.21% to 2,674.27 SENSEX increased 66.14 points…
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Forecasting The Future Based On The Past
[ad_1] COMMENT #1: I was there at your 2011 WEC. I was dragged along by a friend. I remember well your forecast for war starting in 2014 and your forecast that the Dow would go to 40,000. I thought you were crazy. I bet my friend $100 you would be wrong. I had to pay up. Here we are…
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Get Out of NY Before It’s Too Late
[ad_1] I cannot stress enough that many businesses have been put on notice – get the hell out of NY ASAP! After Judge Engoron’s ruling, even the absurd Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul has been forced to come out because of rumblings of mass migration from NYC to Florida, where companies are welcome and there is no State Income Tax. There have…
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One Rule to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
[ad_1] What a future Labour government will be able to do in terms of repairing both our broken public services, our broken economy, and getting cheaper green energy will depend in part on its decisions about fiscal rules. [1] When hopes and expectations are frustrated as a result of these rules, you will hear a lot about how such rules are…
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