The Guardian view on George Osborne's Mansion House speech | Editorial
The Chancellor wants the Bank of England to cool the housing market his Help to Buy policy is stoking upThe temptation to be seen to be doing something rather than nothing is very attractive for a...
View ArticleMortgage curbs 'will damage housing market recovery outside London'
George Osborne's cap on borrowings, such as squeeze on loan-to-income ratio, judged a 'retrograde step' by expertsProperty experts say mortgage restrictions could kill off the burgeoning housing market...
View ArticleBank of England gets new powers to curb mortgages to prevent asset bubble
Bank of England governor Mark Carney warns rate rise could come as soon as this yearGeorge Osborne is to give the Bank of England sweeping new powers to control the size of mortgages, as the Bank...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne's Mansion House speech: worried about house prices
After three years defending the deficit reduction programme, George Osborne doesn't want to see his plan foiled by a bubbleThe Treasury insists the Bank of England's new powers to cap mortgages do not...
View ArticleHow will you be affected if interest rates rise?
The Bank of England has warned that interest rates may rise later in the year, as George Osborne issues new powers to limit mortgage lending. How would this affect you?The governor of the Bank of...
View ArticleThe current economic model: a destructive social construct?
We need to acknowledge that the economic system is a belief that can be restructured to benefit the planetI have always found it difficult to get in touch with the spiritual notion that the world we...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne at Mansion House: muddled, boastful and upstaged | Alex Andreou
The chancellor offered only contradictions as he followed the Bank of England governor, Mark CarneyWhen the chancellor of the exchequer made his annual speech at the lord mayor's Mansion House dinner...
View ArticleIn charts: how a revenue neutral carbon tax creates jobs, grows the economy |...
A new study from REMI finds that a revenue neutral carbon tax could create 2.8 million jobs, increase GDP by $1.3 trillionA revenue-neutral carbon tax or fee is a proposed policy to address global...
View ArticleThe new housing market measures hark back to a pre-bubble age | Larry Elliott
Both Osborne and Carney want interest rates to be the weapon of last resort. What we have instead is a walk down memory laneBritain has form when it comes to housing bubbles. Since the early 1970s,...
View ArticleBank of England looks set to call time on era of record-low interest rates
Talk of rates rise by Christmas welcomed by some economists who say crisis-level borrowing costs are no longer justifiedFinancial markets have raced to price in a UK interest rate rise by the end of...
View ArticleRisky housing market leaves UK credit rating on AA+
Ratings agency Fitch commends banking sector and economic growth but raises concerns over deficit and London propertyThere have been fresh warnings about the housing market after the ratings agency...
View ArticleMark Carney's new world nous may not be able to redress the balance of the...
The Bank of England governor's arrival from Canada a year ago was welcome, but now it looks increasingly doubtful that he can control Britain's housing bubbleWhen President Obama recently let it be...
View ArticleInterest rate rises will hurt, but are the start of sanity in housing | Will...
George Osborne, by granting the Bank of England sweeping powers over bank lending, has ended 30 years of Thatcherite nonsenseFor more than five years, British interest rates have been at their lowest...
View ArticleInsecure Britain: 'The situation now is desperate' - video
Despite official figures suggesting economic prosperity spreading across Britain, the voting public vented their discontent with the main political parties in the recent European and local elections....
View ArticleFlooding in Nepal: will the economy survive the deluge?
As floods become more frequent and destructive, a study assesses the impact on agriculture and hydroelectric energyIn Banke district along the West Rapti river basin in Nepal, farmers have noticed that...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on anxiety, anger and frustration in Insecure Britain |...
Voters blame migrant workers for their insecurity. Politicians must show them it is not the migrants' faultThe portrait of Britain that emerges from the polling we publish today, bleakly illustrated by...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Chinese premier Li Keqiang's visit to Britain | Editorial
This week's visit by Li Keqiang is an opportunity to extend economic cooperation between the UK and China, but that should not mean any compromise by Britain on its principlesWhether Lord Macartney...
View ArticleInsecure Britain: poll shines light on nation's economic anxiety
Recovery accepted by 56% voters but fewer than one in five say their family is benefiting, with 46% citing immigration concernsContinue reading...
View ArticleFive inflation components and how they changed last month
Drivers of lower inflation include transport prices, food and drinks, clothing and footwear costsAnnual inflation fell to 1.5% in May from, 1.8% in April. It was a sharper than expected fall, taking...
View ArticleHave you emigrated to the UK? Tell us why
Have you or your family emigrated to the UK? Would you want to? Share your storySome 7.5 million residents in the UK were born abroad, accounting for 13% of the population, according to the 2011...
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