Kallum Pickering

Policymakers, investors, businesses and households have a shaky understanding of the economy

As the ‘liberation day’ fallout subsides, it’s increasingly easier to predict the US president’s next move

US voters have elected a leader whose protectionist fanaticism will only leave them poorer

Uncertainty caused by the US president is helping to narrow the Atlantic growth gap

Limiting available electricity has stifled productivity without denting rising global emissions

Successive governments have avoided the tough cuts that need to be made to state spending

Starmer would do well to remember that good intentions do not always guarantee good outcomes

It is now even more evident why the panic over a property market crash was overblown

Forget the doomsday predictions, for now the likeliest economic scenario is sanguine

The debate around wages misses the point – Britain must push for growth at all costs

History shows us that fiscal discipline will mean a faster return to growth

Reducing government spending would free up resources for private sector to grow the economy

Throwing money at the energy crisis is politically tempting – but it will come back to bite

Bank of England should wait until the economic and financial costs of Putin’s war are clearer

The next few months may be difficult – but predictions of the UK’s demise will once again prove vastly overdone