Thought for the day archive
Thought for the day (archive)
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01/09/2010 The recession that fooled us
31/08/2010 Uncle Sam brings crunch week
27/08/2010 Consumers shake off leash
26/08/2010 US woes deepen, and German joy gladdens
25/08/2010 US wobbles, as danger of trade war rears its head
24/08/2010 Are equities cheap?
23/08/2010 Will rates rise to 8 per cent by 2012?
20/08/2010 High street spurts - can this be true?
19/08/2010 Bank of England reveals double puzzle
18/08/2010 Inflation: should we return to RPI measure?
17/08/2010 Inflation confounds pessimists and optimists
16/08/2010 Germany becomes the West's economic superstar
13/08/2010 Beyond the car in front, sits BP
12/08/2010 The UK's sorry week
11/08/2010 July house prices fall: writing was on the wall
10/08/2010 Consumers lead charge of developing world
09/08/2010 US and Germany flip
06/08/2010 Are stocks cheap or expensive? - the answer to the question could be Q
05/08/2010 Which BRIC is best? Part 2
04/08/2010 Which BRIC is best? Part 1 (Part 2 concludes tomorrow)
03/08/2010 PMIs point to slower growth, but no sign yet of double dip
02/08/2010 How will changes in population affect investors?
30/07/2010 The US and the UK: a tale of two countries
29/07/2010 Has the housing market turned?
28/07/2010 Soros gives thumbs up to India
27/07/2010 UK set to limp in 2011 before exporters take up the baton
26/07/2010 Time to get stressed over stress tests
23/07/2010 Everything seems to have gone upside down
22/07/2010 Why markets can get it totally wrong
22/07/2010 Why markets can get it totally wrong
21/07/2010 The lesson of the dotcom crash is only just being learned
20/07/2010 Are we approaching the day of the Chinese consumer, or the day of India?
19/07/2010 BP's triple whammy
16/07/2010 Cable plans university overhaul: do we need more engineers, or another type of graduate altogether?
15/07/2010 Is India’s growth rate set to overtake China’s?
14/07/2010 The housing market may have turned
13/07/2010 Inflation falls slower than tortoise doing the 100 metres
12/07/2010 German and Chinese exports boom
09/07/2010 The eurozone’s doyens need a hard dose of reality
08/07/2010 IMF forecasts more growth
07/07/2010 Will the Italian domino fall eventually?
06/07/2010 Déjà vu and the need for helicopters
05/07/2010 When sunshine is good for the economy
02/07/2010 Has the manufacturing cycle turned?
01/07/2010 Manufacturing competitiveness - UK sits a long way down
30/06/2010 Markets dip again - is this an opportunity?
29/06/2010 US consumers flirt with saving, as indicators point to crashing inflation across eurozone
28/06/2010 The economics of England's World Cup debacle
25/06/2010 Government bonds - is it a bubble, or this time is it different?
24/06/2010 Soros, Roubini and Krugman line up to take shots at Germany
23/06/2010 The budget - the good, the bad and the ugly
22/06/2010 The impact of George’s budget, now upon us, will be marginally greater than the impact of Germany’s budget
21/06/2010 China relents, but what does it mean?
18/06/2010 US money supply shrinks again
17/06/2010 If government bonds are the new bubble, what will be next?
16/06/2010 House prices, HIPs and CGT reform tip dynamic of supply and demand
14/06/2010 Will Japan follow Greece?
11/06/2010 BP shows how investors must take heed of Black Swans
10/06/2010 China's exports surge again, but there's reason to hope for imports too
09/06/2010 Innovation key in austerity Britain
08/06/2010 Common sense says one thing about BP, but what do the runes say?
07/06/2010 The world cuts back
04/06/2010 Hungary sends shivers down markets’ back as banks seek safety
03/06/2010 Money supply starts to rise
02/06/2010 Exports continue to lead recovery
01/06/2010 House prices and their role in the economy
28/05/2010 Last laugh on China
27/05/2010 OECD reveals report of contradictions
26/05/2010 A day of frights, and some good news
25/05/2010 Bailouts only dealt with symptoms, but what are the underlying causes?
24/05/2010 Does EU bailout deal with symptoms or underlying causes?
21/05/2010 The elephant in the living room has hidden our view of the woman in the gorilla outfit
20/05/2010 The economic nudist beach isn’t the problem: naked disregard for the real causes of crisis is
19/05/2010 Oil, Russia and bubbles
18/05/2010 Another day, another crisis
17/05/2010 Austerity begins as, predictably, government finds lots of unpredictable black holes
14/05/2010 Symptoms dealt with, now for the cause
13/05/2010 If the Bank of England is so optimistic, why did we need the trillion dollar EU bailout?
12/05/2010 UK wades its way out of treacle
11/05/2010 UK gets out of trouble through stroke of luck, but where lies the real fix?
10/05/2010 EU gives Clegg and Cameron more time
07/05/2010 Markets even more chaotic than UK election
06/05/2010 And now the warnings are sounding out about the UK
05/05/2010 A tale of two economies in one country
04/05/2010 Surveys undermine ONS further still as they point to strong UK recovery
30/04/2010 Who wants to win the next election?
29/04/2010 The pack of cards begins to tumble - will the UK be next?
28/04/2010 US reform bill stutters - is Goldman Sachs suit Obama's response?
27/04/2010 Why growth lurks at bottom of Apple bucket
26/04/2010 We haven't learnt anything
23/04/2010 Evidence of export lift mounts
22/04/2010 Inflation peeks out
21/04/2010 A little matter of CDOs, wagers and Doric temples
20/04/2010 Why should we be fearful of a hung parliament?
19/04/2010 Why the globalization of labour maybe good for the UK, sort of
16/04/2010 Uncle Sam at sixes and sevens
15/04/2010 China's contrasts: abject and tragic poverty, and extraordinary wealth creation
14/04/2010 Some rare good news for the UK economy yesterday on trade
13/04/2010 House market barometer index points to storms ahead
12/04/2010 The Great Economic Wall of China suffers economic earthquake
09/04/2010 UK saw an accelerating recovery in the first quarter
08/04/2010 Who tops the EU and OECD growth league?
07/04/2010 The doves coo back
06/04/2010 Uncle Sam enjoys diet of good and bad news
01/04/2010 Best news on UK economy since recession began
31/03/2010 UK’s limp out of recession turns to brisk walk
30/03/2010 Is China about to add to gold’s sparkle?
29/03/2010 Which countries are the best for ‘networking readiness’?
26/03/2010 EU opens arms to IMF
25/03/2010 The budget and the real news
24/03/2010 Germany and China cast stones, but are they without sin?
23/03/2010 CBI predicts 2011 as year of proper recovery
22/03/2010 Is hyperinflation set to visit the UK?
19/03/2010 The great temptation
18/03/2010 If the Fed is printing money, why is the US money supply falling?
17/03/2010 Why China's TB sell off isn't the cataclysm some say
16/03/2010 Markets go into bad mood over Moody's
15/03/2010 “Do as we say, not as we do,” say world leaders
12/03/2010 The housing market equation flip in favour of buyers
11/03/2010 When statisticians disagree, who do you believe?
10/03/2010 This time it is different
09/03/2010 Snow hits economy
08/03/2010 The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets – AIG and the Pru
05/03/2010 House prices on cusp?
04/03/2010 Sterling investors triumph from crashing pound: but energy users wail
03/03/2010 The global barometer check: PMIs from across the world come in
02/03/2010 And so the pound tumbles
01/03/2010 Lies, damned lies and statistics
26/02/2010 Why Virgin may have the answer to the economic crisis
25/02/2010 Uncle Sam winces
24/02/2010 A riddle…inside an enigma
23/02/2010 Yield curve heads north
22/02/2010 To spend or not to spend?
19/02/2010 The future comes in three stages, and stage 2 will be the best
18/02/2010 Will Belgium be next?
17/02/2010 When hawks don’t dare
16/02/2010 Japan booms, France says boo to cynics, but rest of Eurozone gets boos
15/02/2010 Supposing Britain had been in the euro
12/02/2010 Hyperinflation and bond yields set to double
11/02/2010 Why the lesson of history is that sometimes there is no lesson
10/02/2010 Why the UK’s export recovery may turn from a leap to a limp
09/02/2010 Interest affordability is down to demographics: part II
08/02/2010 Interest affordability is down to demographics
05/02/2010 Why the economy may not have suffered a permanent loss at all
04/02/2010 US stocks are overvalued by one measure, but what does the future hold?
03/02/2010 Economic forecasts for the year: at least we have got variety
02/02/2010 Manufacturers celebrate as ONS data causes the rest to mourn
01/02/2010 Exports up over there, but will pound up spoil it for over here?
29/01/2010 Bank chief, Barack Obama and biting the hand that feeds it
28/01/2010 Why Apple is a threat to bookstores and newsagents
27/01/2010 Phew, that was close. UK leaves recession, but only by the skin of its teeth
26/01/2010 Majority of Brits expect house prices to go up this year: but ...
25/01/2010 Why the rise in dark chocolate tells us how big companies go bust
22/01/2010 What’s wrong with the Obama bank plan?
21/01/2010 She loves me, she loves me not
20/01/2010 Cadbury Kraft: will it go the way of AOL Time Warner?
19/01/2010 Exports to take up the UK’s baton
18/01/2010 Forget greed: bubbles are built on solid foundations
15/01/2010 Last year was the worst year since Albert Einstein won his Nobel Prize
14/01/2010 John Lewis is UK’s favourite retailer, but M&S rises up the rankings
13/01/2010 Chinese bubble today, versus Japanese bubble 20 years ago: this time it really is different
12/01/2010 The cost of snow
11/01/2010 Has Japan learnt its lesson?
08/01/2010 The bank to look out for
07/01/2010 It's interest rate setting day
06/01/2010 High Street prepares for something worse than snow
05/01/2010 High Street defies logic
04/01/2010 Will 3D be the big thing of 2010?
31/12/2009 2009 surprised: what will 2010 do?
30/12/2009 China in your hands
29/12/2009 Look on the bright side
24/12/2009 In the UK, it all boils down to house prices
23/12/2009 2010 to be the year the TV and video business changes for good
22/12/2009 Where investors should dare tread
21/12/2009 The odd recession nears its end
18/12/2009 Regulators change the rules of bank lending, but...
17/12/2009 Fed chairman is Person of the Year
16/12/2009 Up, up and away, in my beautiful inflation balloon
15/12/2009 UK’s fiscal debt mountain: we are not alone, and the truth is out there
14/12/2009 Is the government set to drown in a sea of debt?
11/12/2009 Forty-year old theory suggests US stocks are 40 per cent overvalued
10/12/2009 The one good thing in Darling’s plan
09/12/2009 Dubai: when the mirage became real
08/12/2009 Britain slides down economic league
07/12/2009 If bank bonuses are so wrong, what about bankers' bonuses paid by government?
04/12/2009 What a thing to say to a hero.
03/12/2009 Carbon trading: schmucks berating
02/12/2009 It's the three 'Rs': Reports, reports, reports
01/12/2009 House prices up, money supply down
30/11/2009 Gold soars, the dollar crashes, the yen strengthens, and the flow of money switches
27/11/2009 Dubai World: a latter day Daedalus and Icarus
26/11/2009 Uncle Sam's real reason for hope
25/11/2009 Psssst, here's £61 billion, but don't tell anyone
24/11/2009 King Cnut is alive and well, and working for News Corp
23/11/2009 CBI puts finger on the real boost the economy needs
20/11/2009 When borrowing reaches its limit
19/11/2009 I ain't afraid of no bubble
18/11/2009 Inflation returns, but what is happening beneath the surface?
17/11/2009 The lesson from Japan
16/11/2009 The blame game focuses on China
13/11/2009 Will BA/Iberia combo be able to rise above next bloodbath?
12/11/2009 Should we bother with inflation report?
11/11/2009 Falls in dollar and pound a necessary evil
10/11/2009 Two schools, a world apart
09/11/2009 Why predicting the economic mood is like predicting the lottery
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