An artic blast may well be engulfing the country this week so if it's red hot financial chat that you are craving, then you are in the right place.

Duncan, Robert and John get into pretty quick, attempting to understand why core inflation is proving to be such a stubborn problem. They move quickly through the gears discussing the current fortunes of a number of house builders before settling on the thorny topic of whether property is a good alternative to traditional financial investment.

And if that wasn't enough there is time to question if car scrapagge schemes were such a good idea after all.