It is a curious belief some people have that twiddling with a few tax rates and expenditures in Wednesday’s Budget is going to transform matters. 18 Mar 2012 The tension is mounting, as we get ever closer to the exciting March event which can make the difference between financial heaven and hell. 11 Mar 2012 After my prognostications last Monday about the Greek deal, the markets took a decidedly more optimistic view. The catalyst was the announcement of a bumper amount of funding by the ECB to eurozone banks. Is the euro crisis now effectively over? 04 Mar 2012
Roger Bootle
Roger Bootle is one of the City's leading economists. In his column he sheds light on how the UK and world economies are performing and the challenges facing the world's policymakers.
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