UK town centre vacancy rates reach 11.9% in April 2013, meaning nearly 1/8 of 'mainstream' commercial premises empty; recession 'corrosive'—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) May 21, 2013
IRL retail 'facing existential crisis' in atomised UK; race to the bottom 'now well underway for the majority' tinyurl.com/on74hvm #Shops—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) May 21, 2013
Immigration to the UK slashed by 27.8% in twelve months; number of visas issued for study slips 20% to 209,804, 'new' EU immigration -27%—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 03, 2013
Government target of reducing net immigration to 100,000 by 2015 'not at all' inconsistent with economic aspirations tinyurl.com/ct3n27f—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 03, 2013
Filed under Business, Economic Development, Economics, Politics
#Olympics + near-∞ quantitative easing leads to 1.0% #growth; underlying economy 'bouncing along the bottom' @ '+0.3%' tinyurl.com/96pbexk—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) October 25, 2012
C. 3m British adults 20-34 live with their parents, up 20% from 1997; 'McDonaldisation' of economy, huge debts 'blamed' tinyurl.com/c35uwqt—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) August 25, 2012
#American student debt creeps towards US$1trn; >37m (former) students owe US$25,000 or more, interest rates to double tinyurl.com/cphht8e—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) April 15, 2012
#Pret to open 24 new #UK branches and create 550 jobs in #2012; #austerity stops at mozzarella + tomato #croissants? tinyurl.com/7qpd69k—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) April 03, 2012
#OECD states #UK output declined by 1.2% in Q4 2011, with a further 0.4% Q1 2012 decline to follow; recovery 'v. slow' tinyurl.com/bwjevjc—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 29, 2012
In 2009, #USA #households led by those younger than 35 had 68% less #wealth than such households in 1984 tinyurl.com/7gvjza5 #Fonduenomics—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 21, 2012
Unemployment rate for young black males balloons from 28.8% in Q4 2008 to 47.4% in Q4 2011; government response muted tinyurl.com/89sq94u—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 09, 2012
