Cazenove's Jeffrey: How to see through today's statistical miasma

Richard Jeffrey, chief economist at Cazenove Capital, on why unreliable data may be undermining the UK's long-term growth potential.

To have a positive view of life, you need to preserve a high degree of trust both in the people around you and in your understanding of events Uncertainty is the enemy of trust, and it undermines our faith in our existential understanding. We need to be able to rely on our perception of the way things are to make effective decisions. This is true of all aspects of life; as such, it pertains to the economics and business spheres no less than to any others. Colin Morton: Where are the opportunities in UK equities? For companies to make effective investment plans, for the Bank o...