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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Paul Krugman on Scottish independence: Going it alone will make Scotland “Spain without the sun”

September 9, 2014

With all bets off in the run-up to the referendum, New-Keynesian Paul Krugman has added his opinion to the mix. Krugman wrote in his column for the New York Times: I have a message for the Scots: Be afraid, be very afraid. The risks of going it alone are huge. You may think that [...]
Pound continues to fall despite Mark Carney’s speech

September 9, 2014

After falling almost 1.4 per cent yesterday, the pound continued to slide today despite Mark Carney indicating there would be no interest rate hike this year. Speaking to the Trade Union's congress, Carney said there was still slack in the labour market and that he saw an interest rate rise as coming next spring, rather [...]
So much for talk of a 2014 rate hike: Mark Carney says he “expects spring 2015 interest rate rise” at TUC speech

September 9, 2014

Mark Carney has all but ruled out an interest rate hike this year. In a speech to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) this morning, the Bank of England governor said inflation lower than the Bank's two per cent target, slack in the labour market and downward pressure from strong sterling mean the current inflation environment [...]
Mark Carney to discuss wages in speech at Trades Union Congress

September 9, 2014

Mark Carney will discuss his plans for real wages in an address to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) later today. The prospect of an interest rate rise continues to shadow the governor, and members of the TUC are expected to tell Carney to reject a hike until real wages show signs of strengthening. The Canadian [...]
Scottish independence: Pound continues to slide as Brown enters the fray

September 9, 2014

More pain for the pound. After falling by almost 1.4 per cent yesterday, sterling looks to be continuing its slide against the dollar today, as the markets stare the possibility of an independent Scotland in the face. With polls so close, the No campaign has brought a former political hitman out of his cosy retirement: Gordon [...]
Rate of inflation is not as bad as you think but survey shows consumers are feeling the pinch

September 5, 2014

The Bank of England has released the results of its latest survey into what consumers believe the rate of inflation will be over the next 12 months. The figure was up 0.2 percentage points to 2.8 per cent, while respondents believed the current rate to be around 3.4 per cent. Were the true figure to be hovering [...]
Eurozone GDP: Stagnant in the second quarter, grew just 0.7 pc in the 12 months to July

September 5, 2014

The ECB has released its revised second-quarter GDP figures showing the Eurozone grew 0.7 per cent in the 12 months to the end of July, with the EU 28 expanding 1.2 per cent. The quarter on quarter figures (seasonally adjusted) showed a stagnant single currency area, and a barely growing EU, which saw growth of [...]
Euro vs rouble: Currencies react to ECB stimulus measures

September 5, 2014

Not content with falling against the dollar and the pound, the euro yesterday slid against the Russian rouble too. In fact, after the European Central Bank's (ECB) surprise stimulus measures, the euro fell against every currency listed in the ECB data store, except the Czech koruna and the Bulgarian lev. And it only rose against the [...]
EasyJet reports record numbers during August

September 4, 2014

BUDGET airline EasyJet yesterday reported it had flown a record number of passengers in August, with 6.6m travellers on its aircraft – 8.4 per cent more than the same month last year. EasyJet’s load factor — how full the company’s planes are — was at more than 94 per cent, another record for the airline [...]
Cameron: “I won’t resign if Scotland votes Yes”

September 4, 2014

David Cameron thinks the fate of Scotland is bigger than he is, after he denied a Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum on 18 September could lead to his resignation. Opinion polls have narrowed recently, with a recent survey showing 47 per cent of decided voters were leaning towards a Yes vote, up sharply from [...]

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