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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

Friday, November 13, 2015

How many agencies do you need to start a business in Egypt? 108, 78, 68, 38?

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21678243-regions-countries-desperately-need-reform-their-public-sectors-aiwa-yes?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/aiwayesminister
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Labels: bureaucracy, business, Competitiveness, growth, Investment, red tape

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

UK Immigration Policy

What's the direction of Tory immigration policy?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34456622
Posted by Ian Tay at 10:45 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Economic Growth, EU, growth, Immigration, net migration, UK
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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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