The latest inflation numbers are not as important as they once would have been. September’s retail prices index (RPI) figures, which emerged last month, would once have been the driver’s for a variety of tax and benefit increases from next … Continue reading →

October’s dose of dysfunctional US Government may not be the last. The time was that the global prize for crisis deferral – as opposed to resolution – belonged to the EU.  Think back beyond the last 12 months and there … Continue reading →

The UK economy is continuing to grow at a respectable pace. The provisional UK economic growth figure for the third quarter of 0.8% was in line with market expectations, but no less welcome for that. As the graph above shows, … Continue reading →

The final level of contributions under pension auto-enrolment is probably too low, according to one leading pensions organisation. Last month marked the first anniversary of pension auto-enrolment, which is gradually being rolled out across the UK employed workforce, starting with … Continue reading →