Boosting business investment

Things haven’t been great for the UK stockmarket over the last two decades. Indeed, the City has been a “serial underachiever”, especially when compared with the US, says Andrew Jones, a portfolio man

The debate about how to raise economic growth begs a question, says Chris Dillow. “Is rapid growth possible even with the best feasible policies?” Since 1750, trend growth of much above 1% per year wa

Don’t rock the boat. Don’t stick your neck out. Don’t blow your own trumpet. These are all lessons Europeans absorb early, while the US economy runs on exuberance, enterprise and risk-taking. A tellin

Latest major sentiment survey paints a somewhat less rosy picture

The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t

Whatever other problems the British economy may face, you can usually rely on one thing: through good times and bad, the property market remains buoyant. There has not been a really significant crash