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Inventor of QE and Green MP call for up to £70bn Green Quantitative Easing to Stabilise Flagging UK Economy

by localisewm | Feb 8, 2012 | Bank of England, Economy, Inflation, Sustainability

Practical proposals emailed to us by our founder member Colin Hines: *** NEWS RELEASE *** EMBARGO: 00.30am, Thursday 9 February 2012 INVENTOR OF QE AND GREEN MP CALL FOR UP TO £70BN GREEN QUANTITATIVE EASING TO STABILISE FLAGGING UK ECONOMY Economist Professor Richard...

Time for interest rates to be sorted – Alternative Inflation Report

by localisewm | Dec 12, 2011 | Bank of England, Banks, Economy, Inflation

Inflation in the UK is officially supposed to be about 5% and thus is the highest among the developed economies who founded the G7. Despite this our Bank of England ‘Base Rate’ has for nearly 3 years been  0.5 % – one of the very lowest in the...

Our mythical low interest rates – Alternative Inflation Report

by localisewm | Mar 13, 2011 | Economy, Employment, Inflation, Localism, Manufacturing

With inflation now clearly established above the 2% target – in defiance of the hopes of the Bank of England – most commentators are now expecting interest rates to rise in the months to come. Interest rates paid by UK households are, however, already some...

Alternative inflation report – coping with an inflationary global economy

by localisewm | Feb 11, 2011 | Economy, Inflation

For the last couple of years we have been posting our alternative inflation reports just after the inflation figures for the main G7 economies have come out.  However, for over six months a pattern has emerged: the UK now has significantly higher inflation than any of...

Alternative inflation- the globalisation of inflation

by localisewm | Jan 21, 2011 | Economy, Food, Inflation, Politics

Inflation across the Eurozone at 2.2 % is now above the European Central Bank target of   ‘2 % or less’.  In the big European economies it is now approaching 2 % with little hope that it is going fall back any time soon. The current figures for the big EU...
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