Economics Links
This page will bring you links relevant to economics.
Banking
UK bank shares hit by credit fear
Shares in UK financial firms were dumped on Friday amid fears that Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland had suffered from the global credit crunch.
Coffee
market jitters
Coffee prices have shot up sharply on markets around the world after Colombia's
Coffee Growers' Federation threatened to withhold up to 10% of its coffee
exports.
Bursting the Dot.com Bubble
European
internet fever cools
Europe was finally catching web fever, with investors in Italy, Netherlands,
France and Germany bound to get rich by buying shares in newly-floated
web sites.
Has
Microsoft burst the internet bubble?
As US stocks go into freefall, investors are once more
asking the question - has the internet stock market bubble finally burst?
Other Economics Links
Shops: Prices down, sales up
High Street sales soared in the UK during February, according the Confederation
of British Industry (CBI).
Inflation:
The demon is out there...
Inflation is bad. We all know that. Do we? Some people,
like a colleague of mine, a prominent broadcaster, remembers what happened
in the 1970s and 1980s with nostalgia.
Clyde
yard lands destroyer order
MoD order 12 destroyers and 2 aircraft carriers ~ relates
to Government Spending.
Growth
figures give rate hope
Economic growth figures give hope for cut in interest rates.
Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a research institute
which exists to provide top quality economic analysis independent of government,
political party or any other vested interest. IFS exerts substantial influence
through publications, the media, close contacts with civil servants and
regular meetings with Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet members.
