Bank of England comes close to raising interest rates
The MPC voted 5-3 to keep policy rates at 0.25% at the June meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. CPI inflation has jumped to 2.9% and many economists expect it to climb above 3% in the months...
Norway's Electric Car Success
Richard Milne from the Financial Times looks at the Norwegian success in adopting electric cars - starting by looking at the world's largest charging station and then considering the policy...
Netflix and Amazon set to overtake cinema revenues
An excellent article for fans of creative destruction - with the rise of Amazon and Netflix having adverse consequences for traditional cinema box office spending, and most obviously declining...
Lidl enters the US grocery industry
German discount food chain Lidl will start opening their first 20 sites in the United States this year marking an important aspect of their rapid organic growth. Aldi is already very well...
Managing the National Debt
Drawing on over 320 years of data on UK government debt, economist Andrew Scott considers why government debt increases and whether different types of debt should be used to fund government...
Globalisation: Why Average Isn't Good Enough
A short but very astute and relevant video here on the distributional effects of trade liberalisation / globalisation. Sergey Nigai (winner of the Austin Robinson Prize) finds that using data...
Debt vs. Equity: The Shifting Moods of Business Finance
Debt finance is increasingly attractive to many companies not least because of tax advantages and historically low interest rates. Fewer companies are going public to raise capital - a problem for...
Should we worry about the death of cash?
What would be the consequences of removing cash from society altogether? Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator, gives his view on the cashless society.
A succinct summary (and a 6 minute video) of the key UK macro numbers ahead of the exams!
This article from the Wall Street Journal is superbly relevant for any exam question that asks students to evaluate the economic impact of a currency depreciation. The rising level of import...
Here is our suggested playlist of essential macro revision videos as you complete your preparations for Paper 2 in A Level Economics.
British v French Economies - Which is Biggest?
France and the UK both claim to have the world's fifth largest economy - who is right? That of course depends on which metric we choose to use as a point of comparison.
Here is an article from the BBC website which, with the A level macro and synoptic exams just days away, gives a fantastic example of a project designed to boost prospects for economic growth in an...
Productivity Matters!
Productivity is not just some abstract concept from economic theory. It has huge practical implications. Ultimately, it determines living standards
FT Online offered free to students and teachers
An important development! The FT is giving free access to all secondary schools, academies and colleges. The FT yesterday launched a scheme for sixth form students and their teachers to register...
Surge pricing comes to the supermarket
This is a really interesting article from the Guardian about the rise of dynamic pricing by supermarkets - drawing on the power of big data and ubiquitous mobile technology to personalise prices...
Microeconomics diagram in your pocket
Following on from our quick revision tool aimed at Business Economics, here is another online tool for revising A Level Microeconomics in preparation for upcoming exams. Click here for 'Diagram in...
Looking for a quick and last-minute revision tool for testing knowledge on diagrams relating to business objectives, economies of scale and labour economics? This online tool gives you a...
US withdraws from the Paris climate accord
The global response to President Trump's announcement that he is withdrawing the United States from the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord on climate change has been predictably strong. The reality...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published last week some figures which show how a successful monetary union works in practice.