This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on whether the UK should issue some 100 year bonds at up to 6%? What impact did the 2022 energy crisis have on economic statistics? Also one for Gold Bugs, what will happen to the price of Gold?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on what is the r-star interest-rate and what does it mean in practice? Also why are forecasting bodies like the UK OBR and IFS so frequently and recently so spectacularly wrong?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on why my (correct) advice to issue century bonds was not taken? What has caused the bond market rout? Are Gilt yields or swap rates a better guide to mortgages? Is the UK FTSE100 a good investment?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on the upgrades to UK GDP and what that means for its relative performance. Also several questions on why bond yields around the world and potentially borrowing costs have risen so much this week?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on how the money supply affects economic growth? Why are bond yields still surging when we are clearly on a cusp of a global recession? Also a variety of questions around the costs and implications of central banks reducing their balance sheet or QT?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on how the GDP numbers are calculated and what problems that creates? My views on the US Dollar and the UK Pound £ for 2024? Also can we compete with the emerging market economies?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on whether UK interest-rates have peaked? Also how do higher fuel prices at the pump affect inflation? Plus a section on today's awful UK Wind Farm power production figures.

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on the latest extraordinary revision to UK GDP growth which has destroyed the outlier analysis. Also will the ECB have to reverse course in the light of grim data? Plus how much trouble is the economy of France in?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on. How is it that the US economy is booming while the rest of the world is slumping? I take that into an analysis of the Jackson Hole speech. Any view on Egypt? should we be worried?

This is the latest in my series of podcasts explaining how economics works in the credit crunch and now virus pandemic era. This week I give my thoughts on a variety of questions about the economic slow down in China. Will it export deflation? Why are we seeing higher interest-rates? Will we see interest-rate cuts? Will the Argentine Peso keep falling? What is the economic impact of a Lionesses Bank Holiday?