Pakistan inflation could rise to 13.5pc, says IMF September 22, 2010 Pakistan’s inflation rate could soon rise as high as 13.5 per cent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The country’s inflation rose to a four-month high in August as devastating floods forced food prices higher. Core inflation rose to a higher-than expected 12.5 per cent, as the consumer price index increased 2.5 per cent [...]
CITY VIEWS: SHOULD WE REPLACE TUITION FEES WITH A GRADUATE TAX? September 21, 2010 SOPHIE BOYD | HISCOX “If the aim is to make the system fairer, I think that removing upfront fees might well encourage students from lower income families to go to university. But ultimately they will still bear the costs, albeit at a later date.” MICHAEL GROVES | LLOYDS TSB “A graduate tax might improve social [...]
CITY VIEWS: SHOULD WE REPLACE TUITION FEES WITH A GRADUATE TAX? September 21, 2010 SOPHIE BOYD | HISCOX “If the aim is to make the system fairer, I think that removing upfront fees might well encourage students from lower income families to go to university. But ultimately they will still bear the costs, albeit at a later date.” MICHAEL GROVES | LLOYDS TSB “A graduate tax might improve social [...]
Alonso profits as Hamilton loses ground in Singapore September 26, 2010 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton admits his hopes of claiming a second drivers’ title are slipping away after he lost further ground at the Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso took the chequered flag at the night race after Hamilton had to retire following a collision with Red Bull’s Mark Webber on lap 36. Alonso pipped Sebastian [...]
EU mulls fines on big deficits September 29, 2010 THE EUROPEAN Commission proposed tougher sanctions on Eurozone countries that breach EU budget rules yesterday, as trade unions staged strikes and protests against austerity measures. The EU executive outlined plans to prevent a repeat of Greece’s debt crisis by making chronic deficit offenders deposit 0.2 per cent of their gross domestic product with Brussels. The [...]
Seb hints at helping Webber November 7, 2010 SEBASTIAN VETTEL will haven no qualms about assisting his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber win the world title, should his own attempts to do so fizzle out. For the first time in the history of the sport, four drivers will head into the final Grand Prix of the season with a chance of being crowned champion. [...]
King hints at possibility of further QE October 19, 2010 BANK OF ENGLAND governor Mervyn King yesterday signalled that he was open to a second round of quantitative easing to support growth and keep inflation close to target, but a leading economic think-tank will warn today that monetary policy could become too loose in response to overly-tight fiscal policy. In a speech in the West [...]
How to turn Cameron’s vision of an entrepreneurial decade into a reality November 18, 2010 DAVID Cameron has called on the nation’s “doers-and-grafters, inventors and entrepreneurs” to save us from our troubled finances. He’s not wrong. According to research commissioned by Enterprise UK, a rise of just one per cent in self-employment rates could boost the UK’s GDP by around 1.5 per cent and add approximately £22bn to the UK economy. [...]
How to turn Cameron’s vision of an entrepreneurial decade into a reality November 18, 2010 DAVID Cameron has called on the nation’s “doers-and-grafters, inventors and entrepreneurs” to save us from our troubled finances. He’s not wrong. According to research commissioned by Enterprise UK, a rise of just one per cent in self-employment rates could boost the UK’s GDP by around 1.5 per cent and add approximately £22bn to the UK economy. [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 1, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES AUSTRALIA’S GROWTH RATE STALLS IN THIRD QUARTER Australia’s economic growth rate slowed markedly in the third quarter to its weakest level in two years as higher interest rates cut into housing investment and the rise in the Australian dollar hit exports. The 0.2 per cent rise in gross domestic product compared with the [...]