Osborne vs Obama
Today US growth figures were announced, and they show that the US economy has grown by 2.8% in…
Osborne Effect
The Osborne Effect – recession edition
So we’re back in recession. It’s now roughly six quarters since the much heralded “spending review”. Let’s take…
It’s recession
It’s a double-dip… (GDP fell by 0.2%)
The Osborne Effect – This time it’s zero
As growth was revised down today, that now means that there has been zero percent (o.o%) growth since…
The Osborne Effect: Growth halved in just 12 months
Today the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) released a report suggesting that George Osborne has…
The graph Osborne doesn’t want you to see
There’s been some complacency and some crowing today as economic growth was revised up from 0.5% to 0.6%…
The Osborne Effect: OECD slash growth projection
Today the OECD slashed growth projections for next year. Just six months ago they were predicting 1.8% growth…
Osborne Effect: Keeping up with the Joneses?
GDP Growth over the past 12 months: Figures can be found here – incidentally, the more countries you…
How are these the same, George?
At Treasury questions, George Osborne claimed that the UK economy is growing at the same rate as the…
