The oil shock brings Central Banks into conflict with Governments

Risks to global inflation remain strongly on the upside, as the oil price shock may have longer-lasting and more persistent knock-on effects than initially expected, according to new analysis by Trust Economics. The report’s key finding is that the deflation of inflation in the coming years may prove much slower, particularly in advanced economies and …

Fears are growing of a new, sweeping financial crash

A familiar historical moment seems to be reliving on Wall Street in London and Hong Kong, as the current stock market, technology euphoria is increasingly compared to the era of the dot-com “bubble” of the late ’90s. Although technology stocks continue to climb to historic highs, many express concern that the market is ignoring deeper …

The Economic Inequality (poverty) gap is Greater in the US than in Europe

It takes the average worker in the United States almost twice as long to gain the same purchasing power as someone working in Germany, France or the United Kingdom, according to a new method of measuring poverty developed by Olivier Sterk, an associate professor of economics at the University of Oxford, which takes into account …

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