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Applauding the return to economic growth is like celebrating the release of...
Nobody doubted a return to growth under austerity was possible - but all the evidence suggests it has been hampered by George Osborne's radically anti-stimulus position.Does George Osborne have full...
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At the US Federal Reserve, when is a threshold not a threshold? When it's an...
The Federal Open Market Committee is keen to hold fund rates in spite of falling unemployment. It's the first act of a newer, stricter committee.Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors of the...
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Exclusive, insensitive and architecturally uninspiring – the new age of urban...
The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and the Nine Elms area in south London illustrates a much wider problem in the way cities are managed and planned – councils seem perfectly happy to see...
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Don't be mislead by the poor data, the US economy is still in rude health
While current storms will weigh upon February’s statistics, Q2 growth could now hit 4 per cent and US rates could move significantly higher along the curve.Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen...
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Student loans policy likely to cost more than the system it replaced – how...
Tripling fees to £9,000 was a clever exercise in smoke and mirrors accounting. Students and universities are paying the price.Protestors against the £9,000 tuition fees outside the University of London...
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Learning to live with machines
We need to take the idea of a universal basic income seriously.We need not fear him. Photograph: Getty Images.Hollywood thinks robots are scary. Films like The Terminator, The Matrix and Blade Runner...
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How are the government going to build a pension system that works?
Most people want to “give their money away to someone whom they can trust will use it wisely to generate a income when they retire”.Pensions minister Steve Webb. Photo: Getty The budget announcement...
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Pay set is to go up, or down, or stay the same – it all depends on how you...
We are heading into a so-called “living standards election” – without accurate data on living standards. Different sides will be able to tell whatever story they want.Is pay going up or down? Both, or...
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Five signs the London property bubble is reaching unsustainable proportions
It's not difficult to see that London is facing a house price bubble. It's harder to say when it might pop.Housing in south London seen from above. Photo: GettyEd Conway is Economics Editor of Sky...
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The best currency for an independent Scotland would be Norway’s kronor
If Scotland votes for independence, it will create a completely different economic context for the two new countries that emerge.No matter the political situation, it's always the economics that...
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Did George Osborne's bad Budget jokes just cost the taxpayer £41m?
In an attempt to woo the public with his stand-up comedy – and despite the precarious national finances – George Osborne just wasted a lot on poor jokes. Bad jokes cost us all. Photo: Youtube...
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We're only cutting spending to 1964 levels - Balls mocks the Tories' new defence
Shadow chancellor says the Conservatives have blundered by admitting day-to-day spending will be reduced to its lowest level for more than 50 years. Ed Balls at the Labour conference in Manchester...
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The Budget showed Osborne’s greatest skill: the ability to rebrand his...
The Chancellor has made a virtue of coalition government and of missing his deficit targets. George Osborne holding the red box before leaving 11 Downing Street to deliver his Budget. Photograph:...
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What are the welfare cuts Osborne is hiding until after the election?
The Chancellor has vowed to cut £12bn from welfare - but he's announced just £3bn of savings. Members of the public in north London walk past a poster informing of changes to the benefits and tax...
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The scariest bit of the budget — the one graph you need to know
Today's headlines hide the most important, and least reassuring, fact in yesterday’s Budget.Campaigners arguing for action on tax avoidance yesterday. Photo: Getty.Read this piece on our election...
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Raising the personal allowance: more expensive than you'd think, and not as...
All the things I could do if I had a little money. (Image: Flickr/fsecart) One of the announcements from yesterday’s budget was the Chancellor setting the path of income tax bands from 2015/16 to...
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It's regional inequality, stupid
Inequality within the United Kingdom is growing - not just between people, but its constituent parts. The next government will have to do more to turn the tide.It may take more than an angel. (Photo:...
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“Get in a circle and say what you had for breakfast!”: what happened to me at...
Almost 700,000 people have a zero-hours contract for their main job, according to the Office for National Statistics. Ryan Ormonde shares his experience of an interview for a front-of-house role at a...
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The economic consequences of George Osborne: covering up the austerity mistake
How did the coalition government manage to transform the media debate on macroeconomics so comprehensively - and what will happen now they have?Double your cuts: the coalition is threatening to make a...
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How I fell onto the property ladder: a journey from rent boy to a housing...
Almost by accident I’ve become property rich, cash poor, and without producing anything of use to the economy.Britain’s housing crisis is a peculiar sort of madness. Photo: GettyI’ve moved from being a...
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