recession
Telling the story of the recession
James Plunkett, secretary to the Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards, looks at the story of the recession, for the UK and the world.
Osborne set to U-turn on QE – so why not on Plan B?
Chancellor George Osborne looks set to give the green light to a second round of Quantitative Easing - a policy he once described as “an admission of failure”.
Economic update – September 2011
IPPR’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
This is the slowest recovery since the Great Depression
New analysis shows the economy’s struggle to get back to its previous peak, which took place in Q1 2008, will take longer even that the Great Depression.
How likely is 10% unemployment?
It will take just 660,000 further job losses to bring the UK to 10% unemployment; we are much closer to the ‘1 in 10’ unemployment disaster than you might think.
Markets are telling Osborne to increase spending
Despite a record low for government bonds, the treasury refuses to release the purse strings, condemning us to a 'paradox of thrift'