By: Billy Ehrenberg

Billy Ehrenberg is a Data Journalist and Content Developer at City A.M. He can be contacted at billy.ehrenberg@cityam.com. He is particularly passionate about data visualisation and telling stories with numbers.

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Have the Conservatives really halved the deficit?

January 5, 2015

There has been a lot of fuss around the Conservatives’ new campaign poster, in which the party claims to have, among other things, halved the deficit. Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator, was quick to point out that the claim only holds if a specific measure is used – deficit as a percentage of [...]
Have the Conservatives really halved the deficit?

January 5, 2015

There has been a lot of fuss around the Conservatives’ new campaign poster, in which they claim to have, among other things, halved the deficit. Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator, was quick to point out that the claim only holds if a specific measure is used – deficit as a percentage of GDP [...]
Cameron refuses to rule out coalition with Ukip and Nigel Farage

January 4, 2015

Was this morning the time we saw the first tentative, flirting moves towards a Conservative/Ukip coalition? Appearing on the Andrew Marr show Cameron faced questions about an allegiance between the two parties and declined to deny it, whilst also avoiding any overtly negative comments about Nigel Farage’s party. The most negative thing Cameron [...]
Tesco to reveal new supplier payment system as fears of second-half loss grows

January 4, 2015

In the wake of a terrible 2014 for the retail giant, Tesco is preparing itself to overhaul the way it organises its supply chain. According to the Sunday Times, which quotes senior sources, Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis plans to unpick the complex system of rebates and penalties used to extract money from suppliers, [...]
Sony Hack: North Korea calls US sanctions hostile and inflammatory

January 4, 2015

North Korea has struck out at US sanctions imposed in the wake of the Sony Hack, calling them hostile and inflammatory. Last Friday the US placed restrictions on the renegade state after claiming it was North Korea that hacked electronics company Sony, stealing sensitive information including emails and films and posting them online.North Korea [...]
Andy Burnham says Labour will spend £2.5bn a year to add 32,000 staff to the NHS

January 4, 2015

Labour is evoking the spirit of Blair’s 1997 victory by attacking the Conservatives on the NHS. The shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said if Labour is elected in May, it will invest £2.5bn a year in an NHS “time to care” fund, which will pay for 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs and an [...]
Retired workers should be allowed to sell their pensions to the highest bidder, says minister Steve Webb

January 4, 2015

Retirees may soon get the right to sell off their savings for a lump sum, according to pensions minister Steve Webb. Liberal Democrat Webb said that he wanted to go further than the reforms outlined by George Osborne at the last budget, which, from this April, allow workers to trade their pension savings for [...]
Top Goldman Sachs bankers are the best paid in the UK, earning £3m

January 2, 2015

It's official: Goldman Sachs workers were the best paid bankers in the UK in 2013, according to analysis by the Financial Times. Goldman paid its top 121 UK-based employees £3m a piece on average, of which 85 per cent came in the form of bonuses. The 121 are so-called “code” employees, meaning their earnings [...]
Doveish Mario Draghi sends Euro tumbling to lowest level since 2010, as dollar rises

January 2, 2015

The dollar index rose 0.6 per cent to 90.84 this morning, its highest level since 2006. The index, which measures how the dollar is performing against its trading partners, was nudged up as comments from European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi pushed the euro to a four-year low. Draghi hinted this morning [...]
Eurozone manufacturing growth up slightly, but Italy hits 19-month low as France struggles

January 2, 2015

After Draghi was doveish, manufacturing data was bearish. The rate of growth for the Eurozone's manufacturing sector was 50.6 compared to the Markit purchasing managers’ index score, where anything above 50 represents growth. The score brings the rate of growth for the quarter to 50.4, bumping along the line between growth and contraction [...]

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