With the announcement yesterday of a second quarter in a row of contraction in the economy (widely taken as defining a “recession”), and now four quarters in the past six having negative growth, it is useful to remind ourselves how dependent the Coalition’s original deficit reduction programme was upon economic growth. In the figure below, [...]
Budget 2012: Does Plan A still exist?
First impressions on Budget statements are often misleading. With that proviso in mind, here goes anyway. I was somewhat underwhelmed by this Budget, not just because most of the important stuff had already been pre-leaked, but also because the Chancellor failed to go far enough in supporting enterprise and aspiration, and I wasn’t convinced about [...]
Audiobook: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness Dave Ramsey
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Plan You Future with Members Only Financial
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COUNTRY Financial Security Index – Look Back on 2011, Plan for 2012
www.countryfinancialsecurityindex.com – Americans financial confidence climbed according to the December COUNTRY Financial Security Index. Make your financial resolutions for 2012 by looking back at 2011 with Keith Brannan, COUNTRY VP of Financial Security Planning.
Silver, Seeds, and Shotgun! The Getaway Plan?
This video speaks about the my plans and recommendations about escaping the turmoil of the growing global currency crisis. Warning: No profit, loss, or any change in financial values is guaranteed from this clip. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Sorry, there is no euro break-up plan – yet
Very quickly, I have grave reservations about the Reuters story claiming that top German and French officials have had “intense consultations” on plans to reshape or “prune” the currency bloc, reducing it to a manageable core. The Brussels press corps do not believe it. Nobody seems to know which German official is briefing behind the [...]
Bailout 9: Paulson’s Plan
What Paulson wants to do and why I don’t like it.
Conservative Party Conference: is George Osborne’s ‘credit easing’ part of the plan to deal with Greek default?
Much the most radical element of George Osborne’s speech this morning was his proposal for “credit easing”. For many of us there is an amusing irony that in the US the Fed first tried credit easing - purchasing corporate sector bonds rather than government securities - then, when that failed, switched (in “QE2″) to buying government bonds. [...]