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Better the dollar you know?
Season 1 Episode 369
The US dollar is creating real problems right now. Speculators are buying it up as US Treasuries (bonds) offer higher yields at lower prices than oth…
2 years, 11 months ago
A zero growth economy – how bad would it get?
Season 1 Episode 368
There’s a vain hope in investment circles, and amongst politicians, that we can still enjoy economic growth on the road to NetZero. There are those w…
2 years, 11 months ago
Should we all earn less?
Season 1 Episode 367
Are we earning too much? Many of us are now spending less than we earn on day-to-day consumption items We’re putting our excess income into our futur…
2 years, 11 months ago
Trump’s Ring Around the Collar
Season 1 Episode 366
If he managed to stay out of gaol and makes it to the White House, Donald Trump has proposed a flat 10% tariff on all goods coming into America. He’s…
2 years, 11 months ago
How the finance sector is underestimating the risk on climate
Season 1 Episode 365
Recently Steve was commissioned to write a report for Carbon Tracker, an independent think tank offering in-depth analysis of the impact of climate c…
3 years ago
BRICs wouldn’t be silly enough to develop a gold-backed currency would they?
Season 1 Episode 364
There has been lots of speculation about BRICs countries working to develop a new trading currency, to enable trade without the reliance on the US do…
3 years ago
Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?
Season 1 Episode 363
QE was big news before the pandemic. Then, as governments issued bailouts to keep us at home, central banks went into overdrive, buying up the mushro…
3 years ago
Who wins from high house prices. Other than banks?
Season 1 Episode 362
Phil and Steve return to the well-worn path of talking about house prices. Why? Because, despite the downturn during the pandemic, followed by sharp …
3 years ago
Has Brexit stymied the UK recovery?
Season 1 Episode 361
The UK is recovering slower than just about anyone from the pandemic. The UK’s GDP is flat compared to where it was four years ago, whereas most coun…
3 years, 1 month ago
Whatever happened to levelling up?
Season 1 Episode 360
One of the biggest problems Britain faces is that so much of the wealth is concentrated in the southeast. And it only seems to be getting worse. The …
3 years, 1 month ago