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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Should there be a tax on red meat?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46122227 
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:48 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Government Intervention, Indirect Taxes, Meat, Negative externalities

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Here are 3 lessons Europe can learn from China’s flourishing start-ups

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/3-lessons-europe-can-learn-from-china-flourishing-start-up-ecosystem
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:36 AM 3 comments
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Labels: China, European Union, Industrial Policy, Subsidies, Subsidy, Technology

US slaps tariffs on $200bn of China goods as trade war escalates

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/slaps-tariffs-200bn-china-goods-trade-war-escalates-180918000824791.html
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:34 AM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Deglobalisation, economics growth, Globalisation, international trade, Protectionism, Tariffs, Unemployment, USA

How Australia has gone 25 years without a recession

https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/03/16/how-australia-has-gone-25-years-without-a-recession
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:31 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Australia, Commodities, Economic Growth, Interest Rates, Recession

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Bank of England raises UK interest rates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45043776

Posted by Ian Tay at 7:39 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Bank of England, BoE, Central Banks, Economic Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, UK, UK economy, Unemployment

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Argentina raises interest rates to 40%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44001450
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:57 AM 1 comments
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Labels: Argentina, Exchange Rate, Exchange Rates, Inflation, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Globalisation and Knowledge

https://www.ft.com/content/1bdcf69c-470c-11e8-8ee8-cae73aab7ccb?segmentId=778a3b31-0eac-c57a-a529-d296f5da8125
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:20 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Developing Countries, Developing Economies, Development, Global Development, Globalisation, Technology

Friday, March 2, 2018

Trump's new tariffs could make beer, cars and baseball bats more expensive

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/01/news/economy/trump-steel-aluminum-trade/index.html?sr=fbCNN030118economy0144PMStory (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:20 AM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Free trade, international trade, Protectionism, Tariff, USA

George Osborne's original deficit reduction target finally achieved but more than two years late

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/george-osborne-deficit-reduction-target-budget-austerity-chancellor-coalition-a8234341.html 
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:42 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Austerity, Budget Deficit, Fiscal Policy, Government Borrowing, Government Deficit, Government Spending, Tax

Monday, January 29, 2018

Pioneering Britain has a rethink on privatisation

https://www.ft.com/content/b7e28a58-f7ba-11e7-88f7-5465a6ce1a00?emailId=5a65e329f3e8d400040bb21d 
Posted by Ian Tay at 3:59 AM 0 comments
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Labels: OFWAT, Price Capping, Privatisation, Profit Capping, Regulation, Regulator, RPI-X, UK

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Airbus chief lays into US protectionism, Boeing and Brexit

https://www.ft.com/content/6d518b12-fa42-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:40 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Airbus, Airplanes, Boeing, Free trade, Globalisation, Protectionism, USA
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2020 A-Level Economics Examination Dates

PAPER 1: 18th May 2020 AM

PAPER 2: 2nd June 2020 AM

PAPER 3: 8th June 2020 AM

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