autumn statement 2011

ft video review

martin wolf comment ft
autumn statement homepage
autumn statement at a glance
steph flanders review (bbc)

autumn statement pdf (hmt 98 pages)

eiu viewswire summary (grim!)

growth and reindustrialisation

north west reindustrialise (newsnight 28/11/2011)





how to build series

chinese investment

the chinese are coming clips
episode 1
episode 2

angola's railway
railway article
chinese chicken sellers
inflated chickens

changing china (bbc)

china welcome mugabe (nov 2011)

chinese investment in europe nov 2011

china as leading dragon 24 nov 2011

brics and beyond (t2u)

euro wordle and interactive graphic

euro crisis newsnight 11 nov 2011

short term euro fix 11 nov 2011

euro crisis (guardian podcast nov 2011)

1930s compared to today (newsnight nov 2011 9 mins)

forcasts japan eurozone us

sustainable growth - population

ft interactive graphic on 7 bn (26 oct 2011)

saving the eurozone

a selection of questions and supporting links:

part A

part B

part C

unemployment

unemployment + min wage real wage unemployment

youth unemployment and hysteresis

youth unemployment newsnight nov 2011

guardian podcast youth unemployment 16 nov 2011

t2.0 inflation investigations

Remember Presentation is due week b 14/11

• Group B Wednesday p3 room C


• Group C Wednesday p2 room 9


• Group E Wednesday p5 room C
  
  Your reseach and findings should be presented in one/two slides (powerpoint) with data/time series plus key points stating the present position of your variable + predictions for 2012 + plus the direction and magnatude in which UK CPI is being pushed

big picture discussions

slides for presentation

flanders at the bbc discusses key issues
future of the euro (20 oct 2011)

whose fault is the economic crisis? (28 oct 2011)

soros on euro (26 oct 2011)

world institutions (2 nov 2011) (audio)

exchange rate movements ft

andrew sentance (ex mpc member)hard talk (2 sept 2011 28 mins video)

rogoff (ex imf chief economist) hard talk (1 oct 2011 25 mins video)

monetary policy

global interest rates 2004-2011 (wsj)

g20 interest rate (ft 2010)





liquidity trap issues

japan style liquidity trap (ft 6 nov 2011)

krugman reflects on above (nyt oped 11/11/11)


cnbc video chicago fed on us situation (aug 2011)





krugman op ed nyt (mar 2010)


quantitative easing resources

introduction:
qe explained (ft 05/02/09) excellent starting point
Q&A QE (bbc 07/12/09)
guardian glossary

qe explained - simple


bank of england monetary policy home page
boe asset purchase facility home page
boe pamphlet on qe


ex ante:

Bank of England may halt QE (bbc 04/02/10)

Questions for QE (Stephanomics 07/01/10) read comments
Intriguing economic questions for 2010 (Stephanomics 23/12/09)
what happens if interest rates rise (bbc 04/02/10)

ex post:

bank of england statement
bank stops qe (bbc 04/02/10)
easy does it (stephanomics 04/02/10)

how effective is qe? (ft 04/02/10)

bank puts qe on hold (ft 04/02/10)

the day after:

guardian comment - guardian qe homepage

chancellors letter
govenors letter
chancellor and asset purchase facility


QE2


QE2 sloman economics


background reading:

bernake us qe (bloomberg 02/12/09)
QE by bank of japan (Fed 2001)

ft central banks homepage

tariff levels wto

wto data on tariffs 2011

governemnt spending

guardian govt spending review 2010-2011

hm treasury slideshow budget / fiscal positions 2011-2012

hm treasury photostream (flickr)

office for budget responsibilty