Poland may be catching up fast with the UK in terms of living standards, but its prime minister, Donald Tusk, got one thing wrong in making this claim. My column telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

More stats showing Britain in a rather more flattering light than the latest OECD forecasts. UK has overtaken China to become the second biggest destination for greenfield foreign direct investment after the US

The Government has filleted out some stats showing that UK exports are at a record high in this latest attempt to show all is fine on the ranch. Sadly, nobody's listening.
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For anyone interested in policy failure at the Bank of England, this House of Lords debate is worth watching in full. Terrifically informative stuff
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“The transatlantic slave trade was no more important for the British economy than brewing or sheep farming, but we do not hear the claim that ‘brewing financed the Industrial Revolution’ or ‘sheep farming financed the Industrial Revolution’.” Discuss telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Today's UK immigration regime, which has seen a huge surge in numbers, is broadly what Leave campaigners promised, though you would be forgiven for thinking otherwise

Clare Coutinho, the Energy and Net Zero Secretary, wants to replace 'the leviathan of central planning' with a more market driven approach to environmental goals. Amen to that, but it's not the policy of the Government she belongs to. My column
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Is it possible to curb net immigration to 'the tens of thousands'? It's complicated. My contribution to an increasingly fraught debate. telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Britain is faced with a mass exodus of wealth and talent as overseas jurisdictions eat away at its financial markets. My column telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Salient piece by ⁦jeremy warner⁩ on the folly of confiscating and diverting $300bn of Russian funds to Ukraine. It sets a terrible precedent that erodes trust in the West. Better to keep it safe as potential leverage. telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Why Russia's frozen assets must be left untouched. My column telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Amusing - and revealing - take on the FTSE100 finally achieving a record high. But not as measured in dollars and euros ft.com/content/7e074d… via @ft

Truss is totally obsessed with Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, who she paints in her book as the chief villain her downfall + the very epitome of 'deep state Britain'. But it turns out she's never even met him, nor even asked to meet him while it was all going on.

I'm intrigued by the suggestion in this article that China is deliberately suppressing rare earth prices so as to undermine Western attempts to develop alternatives its its current chokehold. It's denied, obviously, but eminently believable ft.com/content/37966c… via @ft

Unfortunately, Truss's interventions serve not to enliven debate on how to enhance growth, but only to highlight what a mess the Tory Party is in. The divisions are so great it's scarcely a party at all any longer. My column telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Good piece, but I think Ross draws the wrong conclusion here. Yes, the price of EVs are tumbling to meet quotas, but manufacturers will seek to offset losses by increasing the price of traditional ICE cars. The upshot - more expensive autos all round telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

The International Monetary Fund is still forecasting a soft landing, despite sticky inflation and rising geopolitical tension. Don't bank on it. My column telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

If Downing Street was banking on a sustained fall in interest rates to save its electoral bacon, it will need to think again. My column on the return of higher for longer rates telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

For now, it's perfectly logical for people to opt for petrol cars over electric. It's not just the difference in price, but net zero targets for auto manufacturers will make petrol cars increasingly scarce. Buy now, before you can't. telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Despite being severely hit by the pandemic and other following crises, Italy has been recovering fast, even faster than its major peers, but has to face its greatest weakness: a lack of political stability and policy certainty, which are vital constituents of any healthy economy.…