20 Jun 2012:
Amid the calls for more QE, government borrowing for investment in public networks and infrastructure, creating jobs and boosting confidence, is a key part of the answer
3 Jun 2012: William Keegan: You could read Christine Lagarde's comments on Osborne whichever way you liked. But even the markets are now beginning to fear the prospect of a Plan A without growth
What should governments be doing? The Keynesians think that deficits don't matter in a recession; at the opposite extreme are the debt-ceiling absolutists
24 Apr 2012:
Government borrowing was higher than expected last month, but the full-year target was met. Find out what City economists and Labour made of the numbers
22 Mar 2012: Letters: To say, as George Osborne has, that rich people will modify their behaviour because he has dropped the top rate of marginal tax by 5% is laughable and will come back to haunt him