Philip Pilkington

Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional, and the author of The Reformation in Economics

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Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional, and the author of The Reformation in Economics

Interest rate hikes may be over, but trouble lies ahead

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is short-termist

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Rising oil prices threaten Joe Biden’s presidency

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Electric cars are the new EU-China battleground

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The G20 summit was the first of the multipolar world

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The G20 is divided — and Brics stands to gain

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The danger of EU enlargement

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

An expanding Brics should worry the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The 20mph speed limit is not safer or better for the planet

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The West is losing the plot

BY Philip Pilkington / 5 mins

The ugly truth about Britain’s falling inflation

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

A shortage of houses is not the problem

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Allies turn on America’s Chinese semiconductor strategy

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The Bank of England has chosen recession

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Could Britain’s green debate become the new Brexit?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The coming European recession may be worse than 2008

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Did low inflation save Pedro Sánchez?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Gilt yields suggest trouble ahead for the pound

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

It’s too late for Joe Biden to make friends with China

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

China gears up for trade war with latest export controls

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Blame food prices for France’s riots

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The biggest loser from the Bundesbank’s failure? The ECB

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Recession is the only cure for Britain’s sick economy

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

No, Mark Carney: Brexit didn’t cause inflation

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Mortgage rate rises will push the UK into a recession

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Rishi Sunak turns his back on free trade

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

China’s mixed recovery spells trouble for the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

A new BRICS currency is a threat to the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Recession in Germany is a sign of Europe’s deindustrialisation

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Rising gilt yields point to another UK recession

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

America is losing the semiconductor battle to China

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Nationalising the energy sector won’t work

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Is a 2008-style credit crisis imminent?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Bailouts won’t prevent a financial crisis

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Beware the impending commercial property crash

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

James Cleverly is right: war with China is not inevitable

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Republicans gear up for a debt ceiling battle

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Joe Biden’s subsidies are working — and Britain should take note

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

What China’s rare earth metal ban means for the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Could Europe benefit from de-dollarisation?

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

French protests threaten to spill into Europe

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Are we about to enter a full-scale banking crisis?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Techies are replacing bankers as public enemy number one

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

China and America are set for Great Divergence 2.0

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Have sanctions really hurt Russia?

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The era of rules-based central banking is over

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Most of the UK is already in recession

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

America’s job numbers are not as rosy as they seem

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

How bad will the global housing market crash be?

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Life after Zero Covid: markets bet big on China

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Cold War 2.0 will not be between China and the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

BRICS undermine dollar hegemony with gold purchases

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Britain is in denial about military spending

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

2022 was a disaster for ordinary savers

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

A wage-price spiral won’t help workers

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The energy crisis has caught politicians cold

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The Russian oil price cap won’t work

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Britons want a Net Zero referendum

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The OBR is hiding a future mortgage crisis

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The spectre haunting the Autumn Statement

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Why advertisers leaving Twitter benefits Elon Musk

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Lula is no friend of America

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Is there a bubble in the European gas market?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

America tries and fails to sanction China

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Don’t blame the mini-budget for the market turmoil

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

OPEC+’s oil cuts signal a new world order

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

EU unveils new emergency powers

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Goldman Sachs is wrong: this energy crisis isn’t going away

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Is sterling on the verge of collapse?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The West played itself with Russia sanctions

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Britain’s trade deficit has nothing to do with Brexit

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

China’s economy isn’t going to implode

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Bankers have failed us again

BY Philip Pilkington / 4 mins

Britain’s lights will go off this winter

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Why a Euro is now worth less than a dollar

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Western sanctions are already crumbling

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The Chinese recession was a hoax

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The new BRICS alliance is a mortal threat to the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Will a bear market lead to a new financial crisis?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

You can’t blame Russia for all the world’s problems

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

The real threat to Russia is OPEC — not the EU

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Tesla’s golden moment is over

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The stock market crash is just the beginning

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Is this the beginning of the end for the US dollar?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Gas embargoes will hurt Europe (much) more than Russia

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Food price rises will bring a wave of revolutions

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Rishi Sunak’s plan to regulate crypto will fail

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Demanding roubles for gas is a victory for Putin

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Now is not the time to start an economic war with China

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

A Saudi-China oil deal is a warning shot to the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Oil and gas sanctions hurt the West more than Russia

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Sanctions will push Russia onto the dark web

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Banning Russia from SWIFT will hurt the West

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Sanctions won’t hurt Russia

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Joe Biden’s Ukraine strategy is confusing the markets

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Is Facebook’s share price crash only the beginning?

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The era of record company profits is coming to an end

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Is Britcoin a trojan horse for a social credit system?

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Tesla faces mounting complaints even as share price grows

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The Fed risks losing all credibility over inflation

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Why Bitcoin is tracking the stock market

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The vaccine programme won’t stop inflation

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Memo to economists: inflation was caused by lockdown

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

The UK’s ‘rampdown’ plan won’t save us from inflation

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Vaccine mandates are a body blow to a faltering economy

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Evergrande will not cause a 2008-style crisis in China

BY Philip Pilkington / 2 mins

Rishi is walking us into recession

BY Philip Pilkington / 3 mins

Don’t blame Brexit for shortages

BY Philip Pilkington / 5 mins