Consumer confidence data

A useful index
http://www.gfk.com/en-gb/insights/report/uk-confidence/

Cutting subsidies in Sudan

The effect on medicines
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/sudan%3A-anger-over-soaring-medicine-prices/5222953641001

The decline of the shopping mall: A case of changing taste and fashion?

Thanks to Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/the-decline-of-us-mall-culture/5224226387001

What is a customs union?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36906796

GDP

Thanks to the ONS
http://visual.ons.gov.uk/what-is-gdp/

State of the UK Economy (November 2016)

Thanks to tutor2u for this data
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/state-of-the-uk-economy-november-2016?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2022nd%20November%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2022nd%20November%202016+CID_4dfb426954830a4ba06f574de654a281&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=State%20of%20the%20UK%20Economy%20November%202016%20This%20is%20a%20sixty-slide%20revision%20presentation%20on%20the%20state%20of%20the%20UK%20economy%20five%20months%20on%20from%20the%20June%2023rd%20Brexit%20vote

Specialisation: Making a Vienetta

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJ6RKPHblY

Protectionism: The arguments for

Nice piece on Australia from Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/is-australia-shifting-away-from-free-trade%3F/5218671946001

Can an economy achieve low unemployment, low inflation and economic growth at the same time?”

Thanks to economicshelp for this evaluation
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/24015/economics/low-inflation-and-high-growth/

The effect of a depreciating £

Thanks to sky
http://news.sky.com/story/collapse-in-the-pound-to-push-up-electrical-goods-prices-10667424

Government Capital Spending

Roads! Thanks to sky
http://news.sky.com/story/hammond-plans-to-spend-billions-on-road-rail-and-infrastructure-10664680
Broadband!
http://news.sky.com/story/hammond-to-pledge-1631bn-for-rolling-out-full-fibre-broadband-10667096

Depeciating currency and import prices for consumers

An interesting post from Sky reveals there may not be that close a link
http://news.sky.com/story/tesco-tells-suppliers-not-to-hike-prices-due-to-weak-pound-10661055

Falling prices for luxury homes: Supply and demand in action

Thanks to sky
http://news.sky.com/story/barratt-developments-takes-10-off-most-expensive-london-homes-10659272

How does inflation affect firms?

Thanks to economicshelp
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1017/inflation/how-does-inflation-affect-firms/

CPI inflation: October 2016

I've added this post mainly for the 10 year graph included
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37986365

Volatile agricultural products

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/23840/economics/what-causes-price-fluctuations-in-agricultural-markets/

Carbon capture and sustainable development

Great new idea form Iceland via Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/climate-sos%3A-icelands-new-carbon-capture-storage/5207376710001

New technology in rice farming

This report from Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/will-kenya-revolutionise-africas-rice-production%3F/5207370970001

How much does doing the chores add to UK GDP?

Problems with measuring GDP are numerous. This report, highlighted by tutor2u explains why it might understate output
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/how-much-does-doing-the-chores-add-to-uk-gdp?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2012th%20November%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2012th%20November%202016+CID_3d5718a6961c4bae44434165b8fe3300&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=How%20much%20does%20doing%20the%20chores%20add%20to%20UK%20GDP%20The%20ONS%20has%20attempted%20to%20value%20the%20non-traded%20sector%20of%20economic%20activity%20-%20housework%20and%20DIY%20-%20to%20the%20UK%20economy%20Its%20value%20More%20than%201%20trillion%20per%20annum%20equivalent%20to%2056

Guidance for setting monetary policy

Thanks to economicshelp for this excellent summary

A reason why the official inflation rate may not represent the cost of living

Toblerone! Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/toblerone-fans-distressed-as-bar-changes-shape-and-gets-smaller-10649876
and the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37908692
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37904703

Apparently, it's called "shrinkflation". Thanks to economicshelp for this summary
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/24369/inflation/shrinkflation/

Economies of scale at BA

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/british-airways-shrinking-seat-space-to-increase-capacity-on-boeing-777-economy-flights-10649264

Ecsatcy (MDMA): A market with information failure?

It would appear so from this Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/04/mdma-ecstasy-poses-greater-danger-to-women-than-men-warn-scientists

Delhi's pollution

Listen to the 3rd parties, courtesy of the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37891383

Frictional unemployment

Thanks to tutor2u for finding this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU11c094ykM

Overcapacity in the container shipping industry

Lots of supply, demand and elasticity in this BBC clip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37873432

What is quantitative easing?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37852849

Weak pound no cure for long term UK economic ills

Some nice evaluation points in this tutor2u post
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/weak-pound-no-cure-for-long-term-uk-economic-ills?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2031st%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2031st%20October%202016+CID_ff3c12b51f8758f1b811f7958f419511&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Weak%20pound%20no%20cure%20for%20long%20term%20UK%20economic%20ills%20Phillip%20Inman%20looks%20here%20at%20the%20suggestion%20that%20a%20weaker%20pound%20will%20be%20beneficial%20for%20the%20UK%20economy

Why have free trade

Thanks for tutor2u for finding this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZottWi2yHgI

CETA: EU:Canada trade deal

Explained by Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/what-is-ceta%3F/5190333001001

Inflation could soar to 4% next year amid impact of Brexit

So reports Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/cbi-slashes-growth-forecast-for-next-year-blaming-impact-of-brexit-10641203

The double-sided nature of post Brexit devaluation

Nicely summarised by Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/pound-slide-boosts-exporting-but-raises-production-costs-for-firms-10640672

Predicting inflation

Thanks to economicshelp
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/23514/inflation/predicting-inflation-in-the-short-term/

Problems of Agriculture – Market Failure

Thanks to economicshelp
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/4977/economics/problems-of-agriculture-market-failure/