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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Competing Fairly in Business - Competition and Markets Authority Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJREEEp2I-xekJrmVFH-X21S-uHTG_R4x

Contains examples of anti-competitive practices and the consequences of being anti-competitive.
Posted by Ian Tay at 6:52 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Anti-competitive practice, Anti-Competitive Practices, Bid Rigging, Collusion, Collusive Tendering, Competition and Markets Authority, Overt Collusion, Price Fixing, Resale Price Maintenance, Tacit Collusion

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Autumn Statement: Growth forecast cut for next year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38078881
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:57 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, Economic Growth, UK

Friday, November 18, 2016

Globalization’s Last Gasp

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/growth-before-globalization-by-barry-eichengreen-2016-11?utm_source=project-syndicate.org&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=authnote
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:25 AM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Economic Growth, global economy, Globalisation, Protectionism, USA

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Free trade and politics as drawn by our cartoonist KAL (Economist)


Posted by Ian Tay at 8:09 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Free trade, Protectionism, Quota, Tariff

Monday, October 3, 2016

Brexit 'rollercoaster' warning as Hammond axes deficit target

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37536943
Posted by Ian Tay at 9:28 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, Budget Deficit, Economic Growth, Government, Government Borrowing, Government Deficit, UK, UK economy

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Possible Economic Policies for the UK

http://gu.com/p/4pgyq?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/aug/04/what-are-mark-carney-options-for-super-thursday?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:32 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Bank of England, Brexit, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, Quantitative Easing

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

8 things you need to know about China’s economy

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/8-facts-about-chinas-economy/
Posted by Ian Tay at 8:25 PM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Economic Growth, Exports, GDP, Imports, international trade, Investment, Investments, Manufacturing, Poverty, Services

Friday, June 10, 2016

UK trade deficit narrows in April as exports jump

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36488323
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:46 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Economic Growth, Trade, Trade Deficit, UK

Bond yields in UK and Germany fall to record low

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36488329
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:42 AM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Germany, global economy, Government Bonds, UK

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

U.K. Inflation Unexpectedly Slows to 0.3%; Core Rate Drops

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-17/u-k-inflation-rate-unexpectedly-declines-to-0-3-on-air-fares
Posted by Ian Tay at 3:15 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, Business Confidence, Consumer Confidence, CPI, Inflation, UK

Monday, May 16, 2016

CBI cuts forecast amid Brexit 'dark cloud of uncertainty'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36298587
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:32 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, Economic Growth, Investment, Investments

Monday, May 9, 2016

Could regional integration make Africa the next big economic success story?

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/how-regional-integration-could-make-africa-the-next-big-economic-success-story?utm_content=buffer86adb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:23 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Africa, China, GDP, Globalisation, international trade, Regionalism

Monday, April 25, 2016

Cloud Computing - Making Markets More Contestable

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36092922
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:49 AM 0 comments
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Labels: contestability, contestable, Technology

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

European Commission to charge Google over search engine abuse

http://www.politico.eu/article/commission-to-charge-google-over-search-engine-abuse/ 
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:53 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Anti-competitive practice, Anti-Competitive Practices, Competition, Competition Commission, Competition Policy, European Commssion, Google

Thursday, March 17, 2016

This is Boring:Bank holds UK interest rates at 0.5%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35831827
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:15 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Brexit, Economic Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, Recession

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Budget 2016 summary: Key points at-a-glance

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35819797
Posted by Ian Tay at 6:53 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Budget, Economic Growth, Government Deficit, Government Revenue, Government Spending, Tax, Tax Avoidance, UK, UK economy

Friday, March 11, 2016

Confronting the Fiscal Bogeyman

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/monetary-policy-limits-fiscal-expansion-by-barry-eichengreen-2016-03?utm_source=project-syndicate.org&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=authnote
Posted by Ian Tay at 4:20 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Crisis, Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Fiscal Policy, Germany, Government, Government Spending, Monetary Policy, Recession, Sovereign Debt, USA

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Negative interest rates in the ECB

http://www.politico.eu/article/ecb-takes-rates-deeper-into-negative-territory/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=ECB+takes+rates+deeper+into+negative+territory
Posted by Ian Tay at 2:33 PM 0 comments
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Labels: ECB, Economic Growth, EU, Euro, Eurozone, Inflation, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, Recession

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Eurozone unemployment rate falls to 10.3%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35694107
Posted by Ian Tay at 8:32 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Deflation, Germany, Greece, Inflation, Spain, Unemployment

Monday, February 29, 2016

The World’s 25 Most Competitive Countries

http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/the-worlds-25-most-competitive-countries/26/
Posted by Ian Tay at 9:53 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Competitiveness, EU, GDP, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, USA

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

What's Holding Back the World Economy?

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/08/whats-holding-back-world-economy-joseph-e-stiglitz?CMP=share_btn_fb
Posted by Ian Tay at 3:43 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, global economy, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Why is GDP so Difficult to measure

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/01/economist-explains-18?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/ee/st/whygdpissodifficulttomeasure
Posted by Ian Tay at 3:02 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Economic Growth, GDP, USA

Thursday, January 7, 2016

6 Factors Shaping the Global Economy in 2016

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/12/6-factors-shaping-the-global-economy-in-2016/
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:21 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, China, Commodities, Economic Growth, EU, GDP, Productivity, UK, UK economy

Osborne warns of 'dangerous cocktail' of economic risks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35249887
Posted by Ian Tay at 5:19 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Commodities, Fiscal Policy, GDP, Monetary Policy, UK, UK economy
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