Economics & Markets

Renewables are more expensive than is claimed because of the cost of maintaining back-up generation capacity, observes Victor Hill.

The failure of President Xi’s Zero Covid policy and the popular resentment against it come as China’s growth dynamic has stalled, says Victor Hill.

The polls suggest that Labour will win the next UK general election by a wide margin. The Tories face an existential threat. Anyone investing in the UK needs to assess the political outlook, says Victor Hill.

Historical data points toward increasing odds of recession amid growing inflation numbers, and the current profit projections for 2023 are still very optimistic and sitting on not-so-low valuations.

The COP-27 climate conference in Egypt ended this week, with a deal − not to cap emissions but for old countries to pay “reparations” to new countries. This is unjustified and will do nothing to halt global warming, says Victor Hill.

As many as five million British workers have either taken early retirement since the pandemic or are on long-term sick leave. Is more immigration the solution? Or could the missing workers be enticed back to work? Victor Hill explores possible options.

The US midterm elections turned out better for the Democrats than predicted. Donald Trump’s path back to the White House is blocked by Ron DeSantis. But Trump, like a Viking funeral ship, will go down in flames, says Victor Hill.

The good news is that, according to a leading international analyst, there is “only” a five percent risk of a nuclear war with Russia. The bad news is that the hybrid war against critical infrastructure has already begun, says Victor Hill.

There is global fascination with the UK’s recent political turmoil because it shows how inflation can undermine even the most stable political systems, says Victor Hill.

The Truss leadership issue is over – after an embarrassingly short 45 days. Her successor must understand the lessons of what went wrong, says Victor Hill.