[ad_1] The purchasing managers’ index, an authoritative business leaders’ survey, suggests private sector output expanded in December for the second month running. The latest economy-wide composite PMI survey reads 51.7,…
Tag: Liam Halligan
Time is running out for high-taxing Tories
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The clamour for oil and gas will drown out cries for green policies
[ad_1] Yet the really stark trend is the acceleration of electric vehicle (EV) production. Two fifths of UK car production is now fully electric or hybrid – a conventional engine…
The Bank of England must stop raising interest rates before it’s too late
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the MPC hiked rates from 5pc to 5.25pc, its 14th consecutive increase, as the monetary authorities continued to fight stubbornly high UK price pressures. But headline…
Labour’s radical land reform plans go too far
[ad_1] This column has previously argued that if homes are granted planning permission, and not built and ready for sale within two years, developers should pay full council tax on…
Bank of England should escape groupthink and keep interest rates on hold
[ad_1] The best way to deal with that is to engender growth – so the debt burden falls as a share of GDP. Further rate rises now, when inflation is…
The major threat that risks upending Sunak’s hopes of recovery
[ad_1] That’s certainly Sunak’s hope – allowing him to start developing a campaigning narrative of post-pandemic hope and renewal, with inflation and interest rates falling. His plan to allow a…