A few recent videos, describing our global economic outlook
A few quick comments on the Chancellor Philip Hammond's first (and last) Autumn Statement Three recent videos - all commenting on Bank of England interest rate and quantitative easing decisions.
Business Insider have once again included me on their list of "The 102 finance people you have to follow on twitter" (last year there were 106, so I'm glad I made the cut...) I haven't had the opportunity to tweet as often as I would like in recent months. But I'm still trying to get bits and pieces out on US housing and the macroeconomy, UK economy, and a mixture of other stuff that interests me. If you want to join in the fun, I'm @pauldiggle I've recently set up a new website where I'll be recording my experiences studying French. I've spent the past two years learning French, and have got to an upper-intermediate/advanced level. The new blog is about my struggle to break through into fluency. The blog is called Paul on French. Yesterday evening I traveled up to Cambridge to speak to the Marshall Society about housing market bubbles. I spoke about why the Government's Help-to-Buy scheme has been driving up house prices in the UK, the entry of institutional investors into the US housing market and the re-emergence of securitisation as a result, the overhang of empty properties in China, and the overvaluation of housing in Brazil. Thank you to the committee of the Marshall Society, who joined me in the picture on the left, for inviting me to Cambridge, and the audience for their attention and many interesting questions. You can read a transcript of the talk here. The event was videoed so I'll update this post with the video as and when it becomes available. EDIT - I've embedded the video of the event below |
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