High inflation is a cock-up not a conspiracy
December 20 2010 | Roger Bootle | Finance
Recent news about inflation has all been in one direction – up.
As a result, those who had been warning about the inflation danger have been crowing.
Staying together in the eurozone could turn out worse
December 13 2010 | Roger Bootle | Finance
The European Council meets this week. On the agenda is the establishment of a
permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the eurozone to replace the European
Financial Stability Facility (or EFSF), which expires in 2013.
What can you buy for the price of a Lafite Rothschild 1982 ...
Lafite Rothschild 1982 is now worth eight times its weight in silver and one bottle costs the
equivalent of 10,000 litres of crude oil.