IBEC’s recent quarterly review should give us pause. They are one of the few groups who attempt to project economic growth up to 2013 - and the numbers are not inspiring. They suggest that Government projections are wholly optimistic and that, on current trends, the 2013 target date to bring our public finances into order [...]

Over on progressive economy, Sli Eile provides an excellent run down from a progressive point of view of the former Swedish Minister for Finance, Jen Henriksson’s Ten Lessons about Budget Consolidation which is now broadly seen as the panacea to cure all recessionary ills. In looking at Henriksson’s advice Sli Eile points out that the [...]