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Assorted Links (11 Feb): Focus on the UK economy
11th February 2010
5 links on recent developments in the UK economy
1/ Volterra February 2010 UK economic insight - excellent short insights into recent data including the effect of the depreciation and recession on the UK trade balance
2/ Bank of England Inflation Report - the February 2010 report can be found here
3/ Small businesses lead manufacturing out of recession - a super piece from Lucy Saunders on the key role played by smaller, flexible and innovative businesses in UK manufacturing.
4/ OECD report on social mobility - there have been plenty of news stories on relative poverty and social immobility in recent weeks. This is a new OECD report on the issue. It is easier to climb the social ladder and earn more than one’s parents in the Nordic countries, Australia and Canada than in France, Italy, Britain and the United States - there are long term consequences for innovation and the underlying rate of economic growth
5/ Guardian - British economy faces slow recovery
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.