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By: Paul Ormerod

Paul Ormerod is an economist at Volterra Partners LLP and author.

  • As Rishi wades through the cost of living crisis, static growth is waiting in the wings

    April 6, 2022

    The short-term pressures on Rishi Sunak have continued to grow in tandem with the cost of energy and everyday essentials. Conservative MPs are increasingly panicked about being saddled with a label of being “high tax Tories”. But underlying all of this is a much more worrying phenomenon. Since the financial crisis of the late 2000s, [...]

  • Despite what we wish, there are no miracle economics Rishi can pull out of his hat

    March 30, 2022

    The economic pressures now known as “the cost of living crisis” were at the core of the criticism of the spring statement last week. Those who once eulogised the Chancellor have now been selling their stocks of Sunak. While much of the commentary is unfair, politics is a trade in which the concept of fairness [...]

  • As Omicron sweeps through again, Britain has finally learnt to live with Covid-19

    March 23, 2022

    A huge third wave of Omicron cases is sweeping the country.  This will be readily apparent in the everyday lives of many people. Family members have it, work colleagues have gone down, small restaurants and service businesses must close for a few days through staff shortages. According to the reliable Zoe Covid data produced by [...]

  • A renewed focus on defence spending could turbocharge Britain’s scientific innovation

    March 16, 2022

    Germany, along with most of the rest of the EU, has finally woken up to the folly of relying on other countries – mainly the US but also the UK – to defend them.   At the end of last month, Chancellor Olaf Schulz announced that €100bn will be put into a new defence procurement fund. [...]

  • As government debt jumps to fund defence spending, our economy will pay the price

    March 9, 2022

    Sanctions will clearly hit the Russian economy very hard. But economic prospects for the West are not exactly rosy. Twice in the 1970s and again in the early 90s, there were rapid spikes in oil prices; each instance was followed by economic recessions. The deep recession following 2008 was, of course, due to financial causes [...]

  • Subsidies to Wales have made devolution a begging bowl rather than a point of pride

    March 2, 2022

    Did you raise a toast yesterday to the staff of Gwynedd Council in North Wales? They were enjoying their very own special Bank Holiday to celebrate the day of the patron saint of Wales, St David. Gwynedd council proudly declared in January that it would “grant” this extra holiday. All very well and good, except that [...]

  • A four day week must withstand the productivity test to be worth the gamble

    February 23, 2022

    Durham based challenger bank Atom has announced a four day working week for all of its 430 employees as more and more people debate the number of days we should be working. For SMEs in the services sector, a four day week is an attractive bandwagon to jump on. It is commonly given credit for [...]

  • Andrew Bailey fell asleep on inflation and now it is workers who will face the flames

    February 17, 2022

    Is there a comfortable chaise longue in the office of Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England?  I think we should be told. Because it has become apparent that the Bank has been asleep on the job. In the year to December 2021, consumer prices rose by 5.4 per cent. We have to go [...]

  • State intervention can boost our economy but only the private sector can rebalance it

    February 9, 2022

    The government’s long awaited levelling up white paper was met with a lukewarm reception last week. One of the main complaints was that there was not enough – or in fact any – new money for the regions. Many localities have become stuck with low levels of productivity and, as a consequence, low levels of [...]

  • Uncertainty from our leaders is keeping our economic recovery wavering on the brink

    February 2, 2022

    In November last year, the UK’s total GDP output finally regained its pre-pandemic level. But although the economic recovery is on an upward trajectory, there is a disconcerting stop-start hesitancy to it. A reasonable indicator of where the economy stands in any given month is the purchasing managers’ index which shows the prevailing direction of [...]

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