Thursday, November 30, 2017

Impact of rising population in the UK

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/11031/uk-economy/impact-of-rising-population-in-the-uk/

Negative externalities from oil production

There may be many, but few as sad as this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42170954/is-crude-oil-killing-nigerian-children

Allocative eficiency in the banking industry

Thanks to Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-and-yorkshire-building-society-confirm-branch-closures-11149054
and
https://news.sky.com/story/natwest-and-rbs-axe-hundreds-of-branches-and-jobs-11150947
and with the travel industry
https://news.sky.com/story/travel-agent-thomas-cook-plans-to-shut-50-stores-11151399



Thursday, November 02, 2017

Interest rates rise

Winners and losers from Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/who-are-the-winners-and-losers-if-the-bank-of-england-raises-interest-rates-11108804 and http://news.sky.com/story/what-an-interest-rate-rise-means-for-you-11108751

and the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41831777

and a collection of articles on tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/why-the-bank-of-england-has-raised-interest-rates?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%203rd%20November%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%203rd%20November%202017+CID_6c9a4161311ef3263f7aef91dfaab89e&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Why%20the%20Bank%20of%20England%20has%20raised%20interest%20rates%20Inevitably%20there%20has%20been%20a%20deluge%20of%20media%20coverage%20of%20the%20first%20base%20rate%20rise%20for%20a%20decade%20-%20albeit%20a%20tiny%20step%20Here%20is%20our%20curation%20of%20some%20of




Who owns UK debt?

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1407/economics/who-owns-government-debt/

Consumer and producer surlpus

tutor2u working through a question
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/changes-in-consumer-and-producer-surplus-mcq-revision-question?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%202nd%20November%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%202nd%20November%202017+CID_46ddde660fa31b409d5ba6f07b349fb8&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Changes%20in%20Consumer%20and%20Producer%20Surplus%20MCQ%20Revision%20Question%20Practice%20exam%20questions%20This%20question%20is%20tested%20regularly%20at%20A%20level%20-%20namely%20how%20changes%20in%20the%20conditions%20of%20supply%20and%20demand%20impact%20on%20the%20overall%20level%20of%20consumer%20and%20producer%20surplus

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

UK Labour Productivity

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5887/economics/uk-labour-productivity/

The case for and against interest rate rise

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/133576/economics/the-case-for-and-against-interest-rate-rise/

Singapore airport substitutes capital for labour

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-41805394/checking-in-at-singapore-s-new-contactless-airport-terminal

Government to step in and regulate stakes on fixed-odds machines

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/government-regulates-stakes-on-fixed-odds-machines?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%201st%20November%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%201st%20November%202017+CID_7dfb0d6cba64127b1e044c5a6475b914&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Government%20regulates%20stakes%20on%20fixed-odds%20machines%20Dubbed%20the%20crack%20cocaine%20of%20gambling%20the%20government%20is%20to%20limit%20the%20maximum%20stake%20on%20controversial%20fixed%20odds%20betting%20machines
and Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/govt-cuts-stakes-on-crack-cocaine-betting-terminals-in-gambling-review-11106636