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My views on economic policy and the financial sector. I've campaigned with Christians on the Left on bank reform to separate risky banking from the banks which handle retail deposits. |
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| My assessment of the finance pledges at COP26 and what really matters. The Article, 5 November 2021 |
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| Investors must not forget about profits, even as they focus on wider criteria. Financial Times, 17 August 2021 |
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| Unless CEOs and their boards are clear about their own values, and those of the companies they run, they will fall down a rabbit hole of confusion. Financial Times, 9 June 2021 |
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| The IMF's Fiscal Monitor is actually quite radical. The Article, 16 April 2021 |
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| Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules. The Article, 4 March 2021 |
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| My letter in the Financial Times on the need for a framework for economic policy decision-making. Financial Times, 23 February 2021 |
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| My contribution to Aftershock, Policy Network's series on the pandemic. Progressives have much to learn from ethical or 'ESG' investors. Policy Network, 1 October 2020 |
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| Responding to Brian Griffiths' article in The Article on the risks of inflation. The Article, 14 August 2020 |
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| Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules. The Article, 4 March 2021 |
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| My contribution to Aftershock, Policy Network's series on the pandemic. Progressives have much to learn from ethical or 'ESG' investors. Policy Network, 1 October 2020 |
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| Neither a return to pre-crash business as usual nor a politics of anti-austerity will restore Labour’s economic credibility. I outline a new economic framework to meet the challenges of our time.
Fabian Society, January 2016 |
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| My initial reaction to the government's Autumn Statement on government finances and spending. Progress, 25 November 2015 |
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| The first Conservative budget since 1996 illustrated one lesson for Labour: how important it is to establish and maintain economic credibility. |
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| The lessons of The Credibility Deficit, published in 2011, still apply. Here's how. Fabian Society, 5 June 2015 |
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| As the contenders for the Labour leadership begin to set out their stalls, what are the economic questions they should be answering? Policy Network, 22 May 2015 |
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Time
Period |
Economic
Measure |
Annual
Change |
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CPIH |
Sept 21 |
0.3% |
+2.9% |
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RPI |
Sept 21 |
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+1.4% |
Unemployment
% adult workforce |
Aug 21 |
4.5% |
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UK GDP
% change year |
Q2 21 |
+5.5% |
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Public Debt
% of GDP |
Aug 21 |
97.6% |
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Public Borrowing
year to date |
Aug 21 |
£91.3bn |
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Info from the Office for National Statistics. |
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