In Japan, the 90’s and the 00’s are known as lost decades as the Japanese economy experienced economic stagnation after a large financial...

This month the American economy has been expanding for 121 months straight, the longest expansion on record. Despite this interest rates...

Since the Great Recession many economies have struggled to meet their inflation targets despite massive asset purchasing programmes by...

Some describe the period between the 1870’s and the first world war as a golden age of international trade and early globalisation with...

If, like me, you are in your early twenties you might feel that you’re disadvantaged in the housing market. Your parents could probably...

I tend to take a quite negative stance on the issue of current monetary policy, as those of you who have read my previous writing know....

I don’t envy Mario Draghi, being the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) must be difficult. That does not mean that I agree with his...

It’s hardly a secret that I’m critical of current monetary policy and large-scale asset purchasing programmes. As I’ve discussed before...

One of my most common topics to write about on the blog has been Quantitative Easing (QE), both because I find it very interesting and...

It’s fairly easy to find articles about millennials; about how the younger generations don’t buy houses, about how millennials are not as...

Inequality is growing across the West and it has been since at least 2008. Why is this happening, how does it affect society and what can...

The Japan-EU trade deal recently went into effect after a four year negotiating process with it being signed in the summer of 2018.I want...

After more of a month of a government shutdown the US government reopened again this Friday for a three week period to have the...

Many of the services we use every day have no real competitors, for example when was the last time you used Yahoo or Bing? Google is an...

Last week I was in New York and I was struck by how many people seemed to work in very unproductive jobs. You would think that America's...

US President Donald Trump has decreased taxes without cutting spending, a critisised move given the size of the US national debt. The...

In the news this week there has been talk of trade wars, US President Donald Trump has suggested expanding taxes Chinese imports which is...

Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced earlier this week that the ECB will scale down and cease its...

As I'm sure you've heard already, the US has decided to go ahead with its steel and aluminium tariffs on the European Union and Canada as...