Friday, 28 August 2009

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new academic year!
Use this blog to keep track of key stories of relevance to your SQA Economics course. Advanced Higher students should be paying particular attention as success in the course relies heavily on your ability to relate economic theory to contemporary events. Right now, much of the economics debate in the media is centred on the prospect of recovery from our current recession. Browse the links that follow to get an idea of the posibilities for 2009/10.

Timeline: Credit crunch to downturn

Excellent resource from the BBC website.
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Recession and cheaper pound help to cut UK trade deficit

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The Road to Recovery and the Inflation Target

Speech by Paul Fisher, Executive Director, Markets and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee
BANK OF ENGLAND
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Meeting the challenges of economic recovery, Andrew Sentance

Speech by Andrew Sentance of the MPC about meeting the challenges of economic recovery.
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Future for the global economy

Excellent article from the Times on the post recession world order.
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The bath tub recovery and other comparisons...

What shape might economic recovery take...
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