Tagged: Macro

Weekly Roundup, 25th August 2015

Weekly Roundup, 25th August 2015

Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: FTSE 100 falls, pensions, challenger banks, finance sector, underclass, outsourcing, student equity & oil slump.

Weekly Roundup, 18th August 2015

Weekly Roundup, 18th August 2015

Weekly Roundup for the Private Investor: fund platforms, charities, China’s devaluation, automation and jobs, Bitcoin fork, short-termism and stock markets.

Limits to Growth

Limits to Growth

We look at the limits to growth – can the economy keep on growing for ever, or will we hit some natural constraints?

GDP

GDP – time for a change?

We take a look at the most commonly used measure of growth: gross domestic product, or GDP. Is it fit for purpose, or is there a better metric out there?

Weekly Roundup, 7th July 2015

Weekly Roundup, 7th July 2015

Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: retirement savings, stamps, benefits and tax credits, fracking and a half-year review of the markets.