Articles
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New Hong Kong security laws lead to falling currency
China plans to write a new national security law into Hong Kong’s constitution. This will bypass the territory’s Legislative Council.
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India’s collapsing economy
India faces a terrible choice. Most countries are grappling with a trade-off between lives and livelihoods, but in an economy where more than 80% of people live on less than $5.
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Hong Kong’s struggle continues
Hong Kong’s recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, contracting 8.9% year on year.
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Oil Prices plunging over global GDP shock
After plunging into negative territory last week, oil prices surged 20% today (from a very low base).
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Market Update : 23rd April 2020
Stocks regained ground yesterday (Wednesday) following a sell-off earlier this week on worries over dislocations in the oil market.
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The housing market’s deep freeze
Most of the non-essential parts of the British economy have been put on hold by the coronavirus lockdown. The housing market is no exception.
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Pandemic fears continue to panic markets
Stocks around the world have fallen for a fifth day amid growing concern about the coronavirus outbreak. In London, the FTSE 100 fell 1.
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Is Hong Kong becoming a ‘failed state?’
Last week, Bloomberg reported that Hong Kong was starting to resemble a ‘failed state.’ There is palpable anxiety in the coronavirus-hit city, where a bungled official response, shortages of masks and toilet-paper panics are causing chaos.
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What Brexit means for your money
The UK has finally left the European Union - taking one referendum, two general elections and three prime ministers to get here. What happens now?
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Growth in self-employed makes taxation taxing
Governments around the world have got a big problem on their hands.
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Will China’s virus outbreak damage the economy?
The rally in Asian stock prices since December came to a halt on 20th January over mounting investor fears that the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, might turn into a larger epidemic and stunt consumption, travel and tourism-related sectors.
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Britain’s innovators should keep their tax breaks
There were not many things Gordon Brown got right in his 13 years in government. But one thing he can claim credit for is the entrepreneurs’ rate of capital-gains tax (CGT).
