http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk Up to date comment and analysis on the uk economy Sat, 19 May 2012 10:25:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/dont-worry-about-the-euro-value-it-has-little-impact-on-the-trade-deficit/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/dont-worry-about-the-euro-value-it-has-little-impact-on-the-trade-deficit/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:22:57 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1570 Should we be concerned about the rise in the value of Sterling. Over the last few weeks Sterling has rallied against the Euro, with values increasing from £1.18 to £1.24 the result. The 6% appreciation has led to concerns about … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/dont-worry-about-the-euro-value-it-has-little-impact-on-the-trade-deficit/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-19th-may-2012/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-19th-may-2012/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:01:10 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1566 The Week in Review – the inflation report released, unemployment fell in March and April and the trade figures for March are out. Download The Saturday Economist 19th May 2012 Economics news this week, the Inflation Report from the Bank … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-19th-may-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-13th-may/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-13th-may/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 11:31:11 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1563 There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headline – Hammond heralds end to defence cuts – the favourite as Phillip Hammond, the defence secretary claims to have balanced the books … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-13th-may/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/whats-wrong-with-qe-and-the-asset-purchase-facility/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/whats-wrong-with-qe-and-the-asset-purchase-facility/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 12:47:48 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1558 Download What is wrong with QE? Download the Saturday Economist Discussion Paper, to find out how the Bank bought £325 billion of gilts but may have damaged the pension fund industry and the UK economic recovery in the process. At … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/whats-wrong-with-qe-and-the-asset-purchase-facility/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-12th-may/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-12th-may/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 12:13:55 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1553 The Week in Review – rates and QE on hold, manufacturing and construction output fall, manufacturing price inflation falls .. Download The Saturday Economist 12th May. The MPC voted to keep rates on hold with no extension of the Asset … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-economics-news-and-updates-12th-may/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-6th-may/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-6th-may/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 12:00:01 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1549 There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headlines, end of the love affair with the coalition is the judgement on the election results as the Sunday Times leader declares – … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-6th-may/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-economics-news-5th-may-2012/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-economics-news-5th-may-2012/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 11:01:45 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1538 The Week in Review – focus on survey data on manufacturing, services, construction and house prices . Download The Saturday Economist 5th May 2012 House prices were 0.9% lower than last year according to the Nationwide House Price Index for … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-economics-news-5th-may-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/apple-case-study-retail-sales-per-square-foot-2011/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/apple-case-study-retail-sales-per-square-foot-2011/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:48:08 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1532 In the second edition of the Apple Case Study from the iPod to the iPad, the section on distribution explained that by 2012, the number of stores had increased to over three hundred and sixty. By the end of the … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/apple-case-study-retail-sales-per-square-foot-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-recession-and-recoveries-compared-1930-2012/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-recession-and-recoveries-compared-1930-2012/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 10:13:07 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1527 In this special presentation we compare the recessions and recoveries of 1930, 1980, 1990 to the current recession and recovery 2008 – 2012. In the style of NIESR. All of the recessions analysed, experienced a period of six to seven … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/05/the-saturday-economist-uk-recession-and-recoveries-compared-1930-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/04/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-29th-april/ http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/04/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-29th-april/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:22:44 +0000 John Ashcroft http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/?p=1522 There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headlines, Tories at lowest ebb for eight years, as a YouGuv poll reveals support for the Conservatives has dropped to 29 percent. Forty … Read More]]> http://www.johnashcroft.co.uk/2012/04/the-sunday-times-and-croissants-ceos-update-29th-april/feed/ 0