By: William Nixon

William Nixon is a Senior Research Fellow at Policy Exchange and a former economist at Goldman Sachs, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Australian Treasury

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Don’t celebrate the demise of the triple lock, higher taxes are coming

Opinion

Andy Burnham’s tweak to the triple lock won’t save money, in fact a national social care service represents the biggest non-crisis expansion of the state in decades, says William Nixon Many commentators welcomed Prime Minister Burnham’s announcement that he will ‘abolish’ the triple lock in 2030. But bond markets had a different take. Yields on [...]
Government policy, not the Bank of England will determine future interest rate hikes

Opinion

Today’s inflation data does not address two troubling risk on the horizons: a renewed surge in global energy prices and the upcoming Budget, says William Nixon This morning’s inflation data came in close to market expectations, with headline inflation rising to 3.1 per cent in August from 2.9 per cent in July. Compositionally, the increase [...]

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By: William Nixon

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