ultranomics

Ever had a feeling of being watched? Well I did today as Specs3 stood still watching with his peering eyes waiting for one wrong move, my hands were stiff, my knuckles went white due to my tight steering grip, my eyes were aching due to the constant monitoring of speedometer and traffic, my right foot [...]

Here in the UK on Friday, the Council of Mortgage Lenders revealed that the number of properties repossessed rose by 12% to 11,300 in the third quarter of 2008. The number of borrowers in arrears went up by 8% compared with the previous quarter, to 168,000. Watch out readers, those of you with cash in [...]

With America in the throes of its worst slump since the 1930s and the rest of the world not far behind, Americans have been keen to latch on to any glimmer of hope they can find – Barack Obama’s recent election being a case in point. Hopes and expectations are riding high on the new [...]