Relentless negative reporting on economic downturns is impacting on people’s emotions and contributing to the suicide rate, according to new research.Carried out by Professor Alan Collins from Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University and Dr Adam Cox, University of Portsmouth, the project built on existing work which shows that ...
A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of ...
Within hours of Notre Dame becoming engulfed in a devastating inferno on Monday evening ISIS, for no apparent reason, had become one of the top trending topics on Twitter in relation to the event. i24NEWS, a verified account posting “unfiltered and unbiased” news, rushed to feature spokespeople that were happy ...
The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell has said that the Chancellor has shown “cowardice” over Brexit. McDonnell claims Philip Hammond could have done more to ensure Brexit isn't hugely damaging to the economy. He made the comments at a speech at Bloomberg today. McDonnell said: "The position of the chancellor of ...
In more unsettling Brexit news, it has been reported that in a No-deal Brexit scenario the UK economy would tank. According to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) the UK economy would slide into recession and growth would plunge under 1 per cent. Even if there is a ...
Austerity policies have resulted in nine years of slower growth and left us all £1,495 a year worse off, analysis by The New Economics Foundation has revealed. The think tank found the impact of tax and spending changes since the Conservatives came to power had left the economy £100 billion smaller than ...
RBS has warned of the harm of Brexit on the UK economy, even after posting some huge profit figures. Brexit threatens RBS’s ability to clear more than £44.08 billion pounds per day in cross-border payments, if they are not granted licences to clear fees via its Frankfurt operations. The bank ...
Working people should not be made to pay the price for Conservative political failures says GMB Union amid the sluggish GDP figures today. Economic growth slowed to just 0.3% in the three months to November - the lowest for six months. Meanwhile manufacturing growth has fallen five months in a ...
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