At the end of every year I like to spend a pleasurable weekday evening, just before Xmas, supping a glass of red wine and looking at 52-week price returns data.
Data showing UK inflation has exceeded its required range for 40 of the last 49 months might suggest our home market is perking up.
Are university fees going to be the next poll tax? It seems unlikely, not least because the demonstrations have come so early in the coalition's administration, and the government will no doubt be glad of Christmas as students go on their break.
Six months into a new administration, the coalition has begun to tackle the thorny issue of university fees and launched a welcome consultation on compulsory annuitisation, but it has so far shown no appetite to tackle the most fundamental issue facing...