The Bank of England has been attempting to shove inflation up for years Inflation. It looks like it might be back. The average economist now believes that the consumer price index will hit 3% over …
Inflation or war? Best hope for inflation
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New pension incentives? Don’t bother with the young – help the 50-somethings first
Young people have better things to do with their money then save for a pension All pension tax reliefs are under review all the time, that’s pretty clear. And for a government in fiscal distress, …
London will thrive, Brexit or no Brexit
No country in Europe an offer what London does Earlier today I retweeted something – a table called “finance capitals of the world in numbers” – without looking at it properly. I wish I had …
Buy-to-let investors: don’t fight the government
Beware: the government has buy-to-let firmly in its sights. We’ve warned against getting too enthusiastic about the buy-to-let business for some time. The political tide is turning against it – as is quite clearly shown …
How stamp duty changes are distorting London’s property market
London property developers are building fewer famliy homes Tax what you want less of; don’t tax what you want more of. It’s simple stuff. So here’s a question: why do the authorities want fewer family …
How to make stamp duty a little less crazy
Stamp duty limits what first-time buyers can afford We hate stamp duty at MoneyWeek – it’s a madness of a tax. The fact that ordinary people have to come up with lumps of real cash on …
We don’t need grammar schools – we need grammar streams
Children change constantly We are mildly bemused by the grammar school row. We are totally pro selection, as are all those arguing for grammar schools, but our feeling that children should have the chance to …
How technology will transform farming
Technology will revolutionise farming to the same extent that the invention of the plough did My interview with Nick Train in this week’s magazine (out on Friday – sign up now if you’re not already …
Hang on to your £50s. There aren’t many of them about
We have written a great deal over the last year about how and why the world’s central bankers would like to ban cash. I won’t go into the reasons for that again here. You can …
While most of us struggle with pensions, some lucky workers will do just fine
National Grid CEO Steve Holliday is expected to manage on just £11,000 a week I wrote earlier about the difficulties of figuring out what to do with your savings post pension freedom. Where do you …