Refresh your classes with resources and articles from John Birchall
Oh dear, here we go again!
Inflation, whether it be the CPI or the RPI is rising and the MPC will surely be considering interest rate rises. If so that might dampen the fragile level of confidence seen within consumer demand. Any fall in that will mean the onus on the private sector to create the jobs needed to offset the reduction in public sector workers will be all the more difficult.
The war on logic – Krugman at his most enquiring
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/opinion/17krugman.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=OP-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-TWO-011711-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click
Love it or loath it Wiki has reached double figures!
http://www.economist.com/node/17902943?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/wikibirthday
It’s going to be a tough year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12179248
Inflation hits the rich and the poor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12172173
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12172174
Till next week,
John