economy

David Lipsey :: Tue, 22/11/2011 - 11:14

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"Tipping Points" go past the tipping point

A new form of statistical abuse has, these last few weeks, reared its ugly head. This may be dubbed the “false tipping point.”

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 29/09/2011 - 15:10

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ONS keeps the Bank of England waiting

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 16:46

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Whoops! Inflation defies the Bank of England

Rishab Mehan :: Thu, 16/06/2011 - 16:10

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The economic consequences of the Royal Wedding

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 07/06/2011 - 14:55

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Depressed? Blame the recession

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 10/05/2011 - 15:05

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Crying over spilt crude

Last week a sharp fall in oil prices caught some commodity traders on the hop.The hedge fund Clive Capital lost $400 million in a day after Brent crude dropped in price by $16 a barr

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 13:37

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Inflation: turning up the heat

This isn’t a happy time to be involved with the production of national economic statistics.

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 11:17

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Implausible claim on the benefits of BST

A bizarre claim in the letters page of The Independent today caught my eye.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 10:21

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More eye-watering figures for cybercrime

For sheer hyperbole, few subjects stretch disbelief further than cybercrime statistics.

Simon Briscoe :: Tue, 15/02/2011 - 11:02

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Youth unemployment: bad or very bad?