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Pounds & Pennies

Ben Wong

Economics, markets and your money — what the numbers actually mean for you. Data-driven, easy to digest, contrarian where it makes sense. Free every fortnight.

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The Weimar hyperinflation, and the part everyone leaves out

A headline in a German newspaper saying 1 US dollar was equal to 1 million marks — Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-00134 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia

Inflation. Cost of living. Affordability.

These are terms we see a lot in news headlines...

7 days ago
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Why aren’t UK petrol prices coming down?

If you’re a sad individual like me, you will regularly keep tabs on petrol prices.

I have even been known to plan journeys around a particularly cheap station. Or try to time an empty tank with my trip to Tesco, so that I can avail myself...

21 days ago
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Why you shouldn’t fear stock market all-time highs

The stock market is at an all-time high…

It’s all a bubble! Crash incoming soon! Doom… Doom… Doom…

Does this sound familiar?

All-time highs can be scary. They’re particularly scary for someone like me who is, at heart, a contrarian when...

a month ago
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3 reasons inflation hits poorer households hardest

Turn on the news today, and it’s hard to escape: Inflation.

(Or perhaps the “cost of living”, as it’s more commonly known.)

And there is good reason for this.

Over the last few years, we have seen several inflationary impulses which have...

2 months ago
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The surprising truth about UK housing affordability

I posted the chart below on Substack a few days ago as it surprised me.

What the chart shows is that “real” house prices in the UK are close to the lowest they have been in the last 20 years.

In inflation-adjusted terms, buying a house to...

2 months ago
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    Economics, investing and your money. I pull apart the numbers so you can make better decisions. Charts, data, and none of the usual waffle. Raised in HK, now in the UK. Pounds & Pennies is free, fortnightly.

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