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• Global Economy: 3 Signs of Hope for MSPs

  
  MSPmentor — Authority: 525
  We’re not out of the woods yet, but multiple geographies are showing signs of an economic recovery. From North America to Europe and now Japan, improving economic indicators could help managed service providers accelerate their businesses in 2010. Here’s a look at some of the most recent economic signs… …from ...
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• Wales leading the Contact Centre revolution

  
  e-clipsblog — Authority: 124
  According to the UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers’ Guide , contact centres in Wales are the best in the UK. The prestigious industry report said the region topped its annual survey, designed to measure performance, efficiency, human resources and technology at organisations across the country.
  7 hours ago

• A weekly eye on the UK economy

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  The minutes of the Bank of Englands last meeting should be the standout event of the week beginning November 16 writes Angela Monaghan
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• Pay freezes and macro performance

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  The forum post I am setting my AS macro students this week focuses on the possible economic impact of wage cuts and pay freezes. I am hoping it will help to develop their evaluative skills and get them to apply some AD/SRAS concepts. As the UK economy continues to experience a recession, pay is under pressure. The ...
  10 hours ago

• Easy Coast line becomes state owned

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A change of ownership for the much loved London to Edinburgh East Coast Line. East Coast is now operating the service - having taken over from the beleagured National Express. This BBC news report asks whether anything has really changed? 
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• Inflation - Measurement (Teacher Presentation)

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  This updated and extended revision presentation looks at the main measures of inflation - and some of the challenges and problems of measurement Launch interactive presentation on Measuring of Inflation Download printable pdf handout of presentation slides
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• Inflation - Causes and Effects (Teacher Presentation)

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  This updated revision presentation takes a detailed look at the causes and effects of inflation. It explains the theory behind demand pull and cost push inflation, and examines recent trends in data on average earnings, commodity prices and the output gap.  There are also some new weblinks to great interactive ...
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• BoP Question

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  The Korean National Pension Fund (the world’s fifth largest pension fund) is reportedly interested in purchasing UK commercial property. How might this affect the UK balance of payments in the short term and medium term? I will throw this to my students on Monday.
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• Reasons to expect a Nike Swoosh recovery

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A failure of trust in global financial markets lies at the heart not just of the current recession but prospects for a sustained recovery in spending and jobs. Whilst journalists play the game of alphabet soup to describe the likely shape of the economic cycle, we might be better off thinking in terms of a Nike ...
  3 days ago

• Middle Class Shoplifting To Keep Up Appearances [Crime]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 776
  Shoplifting is up 20% in the UK as choice cuts of meat, fresh fish and fancy cheeses are increasingly getting stolen, mostly by middle-class women from boutique food emporiums and convenience stores "I suppose people want to carry on with their lifestyle but cannot afford the expensive cheeses, fresh cuts of meat or ...
  3 days ago

• The power of words…

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  Some say that “words have meaning and names have power”. Well when Mervyn King speaks, markets listen. And sell the pound too . On Wednesday the Bank of England Quarterly Inflation Forecast was quite dovish in its inflation forecasts, despite forecasting an improving outlook for growth. The Bank ...
  4 days ago

• A broader measure of unemployment

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  The eminently readable Edmund Conway over at the Telegraph has written a blog post looking at a wider measure of unemployment than the published claimant count or labour force survey measure. This measure of unemployment includes: official unemployment, those classed as economically inactive who actually want a job ...
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• Politics Pen - Palatable Taxes

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A great idea from Newsnight - invite Newsnight viewers to think about ideas for raising tax revenue to help curb the budget deficit and get them to pitch them to a panel of experts including Matthew Taylor and Sir Digby Jones. It raises issues about the canons of taxation - what makes a good tax? Here is the link to ...
  4 days ago

• RollsRoyces Sir John Rose attacks UK dithering over energy industrial policy

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  RollsRoyce chief executive Sir John Rose has attacked Britains indecision over energy and industrial policy.
  5 days ago

• The election and Britain’s AAA rating

  
  Westminster Blog — Authority: 557
  There has been another flurry of speculation in Westminster over the risks to the UK’s AAA rating. Britain is only being spared from a downgrade because the sovereign credit rating agencies expect the Tories to be elected, at least according to Fraser Nelson and others. It’s an interesting argument — so ...
  6 days ago

• We’re running out of energy

  
  Westminster Blog — Authority: 557
  The Infrastructure Planning Commission is much more important than it sounds.Depending on your point of view, it is either a] an undemocratic body which will impose unwelcome nuclear power stations and wind farms on unhappy villagers or b] the only way to prevent the lights going out in 10 years’ time.One day it ...
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• After the summer of LUV

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A hat tip to John Richards for spotting this article in the Times which also carries a nifty graphic that could work well when teaching the economic cycle. Does the LUV economic model work? Its inventor tests the figures.
  1 week ago

• David Blanchflower on Unemployment Policies

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  David Blanchflower writes in the new Autumn edition of the RSA’s Journal about the help needed to avert an unemployment time bomb especially for younger workers. This piece builds on his recent talk at the RSA. It is a superb article and has some powerful sections on the economic and social consequences of high ...
  1 week ago

• Britain, still stumbling, expands its stimulus package

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 797
  Filed under: Company News , Economy Faced with the news that Britain is still in the midst of a recession, the government announced a new round of stimulus today. The Bank of England will add another 25 billion pounds ($41 billion) to the economy and keep its main interest rate at 0.5 percent for an eighth ...
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• Judging the impact of QE

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  The BBC carries this interesting video discussion with De Anne Julius about the impact of the Bank’s Quantitative Easing programme designed to support demand and lending in the UK economy. She emphasises the importance of gradually withdrawing the QE programme and she argues that the main effect of QE so far has ...
  1 week ago

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