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Video resources on consumption and saving
7th October 2010
I am teaching the determinants of consumption and saving with my AS Macro group and have been putting together a set of short video news reports on factors such as taxation, consumer confidence, house prices, expectations, interest rates and unemployment. My selection of video resources is provided below.
Bank of England forecasts ‘choppy’ economic recovery
Credit crunch hits Westminster (a look back to events in the autumn of 2008)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8599957.stm
Credit card interest rates rise despite BoE rate freeze (Summer 2010)
House prices are starting to fall (August 2010)
House in uproar over VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% (July 2010)
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.